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Its Water Power and Industries ; 



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An Historical Sketch of Fox River Valley. 

BY A. J. REID. 



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1879. 



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Its Water Power and Industiies; 



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Historical Sketch of Fox River Valley, 

BY At' J. REID. . 



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1879. 






TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Eaelt Times in Fox Eiveb Valley ...1—12 

FUTUEE GEEAT CENTEE of fiLANUFACTUEING IN THE WEST 12—17 

Fox AND Wis. Kivee Impeovement 17—20 

The Wateb Powee at Appleton 21—26 

OuE Manufactueing Industeies 26—39 

Inteoductoet, Etc 40—41 

Old and New, (poem) 41—42 

Raileoads 43—45 

OUE COMMEECIAL ENTEEPEISES 45—55 

Municipal : 56—59 

Building and Impeovements 59—61 

A Chaptee of Miscellany 61—65 

Educational 65—67 

West's Ship Canal 67—69 

Outagamie County 69—74 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 
View of College Avenue, (frontispiece.) 
Birds-Eye view of Appleton, Wis., opposite page 8. 
Sketch and data of Appleton water power, opposite page 24. 
Telulah Mineral Springs, opposite page 16. 
Lower Water-Power of G. B. & M. C. Co., opposite page 32. 
Upper Water-Power of G. B. & M. C. Co., opposite page'48. 



EARLY TIMES IN FOX EIYER VALLEY. 



THE ABORIGINEES, THEIB HABITS AND CUSTOMS — ^THE CEREMONIES OF MAEEIAGES AND 
DEATHS — THE BUTTE DES MOBTS MASSACRE — "LO's" METHOD OF CONVEYING 
REAL ESTATE — THE FRENCH SETTLERS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES — THEIR EARLY 
LAWS AND CUSTOMS — THE FIRST AMERICAN SETTLERS — THEIR EXPERIENCE, AD- 
VENTURES AND TRIBULATIONS— JUDGE DOTY AS A CHAMPION OF CIVILIZATION — 
GEN. ELLIS AND HIS WORK — THE SETTLEMENT OF APPLETON AND. HOW IT CAME 
ABOUT — THE FIRST DOINGS OF THE PIONEERS, ETC., ETC. 



History is among the most pleasing 
and entertaining of human studies. By 
it we become familiar with men and 
things, in ages long past, and live, as it 
were, from the beginning of time to the 
present hour. It embraces the biogra- 
phy of men and nations — their ups and 
downs — their rise and fall, detailing the 
incidents and events which have been, 
the changes which have occurred and the 
improvements which have taken place. 
And while those who are accustomed to 
study history are familiar with the past 
in foreign lands, but comparatively few 
are well informed on the early events and 
history of the locality in which they re- 
side. Ancient history is chiefly made up 
of wars and sieges, battles and fights be- 
tween nations and individuals, but mod- 
em history is, in gTeat part, composed of 
the peaceful events of human progress — 
the onward march of discovery, intelli- 
gence, commerce, the arts and sciences 
as applied to the general well being of 
the human family. 

THE ABORIGINES. 

In other lands the ingenuity of man 
evolved from nature the means of putting 
their traditions and history in tangible 
form and transmitting them to posterity. 
In this land the untutored Savage not 
only failed to record the traditions and 



history of his race, but almost deemed it 
disrespect to talk of the dead. In the 
numerous tumuli and earthmarks, scat- 
tered all over the land, nothing has been 
discovered but human bones and arrow 
heads, indicating beyond doubt, the ex- 
istence of a numerous and warlike peo- 
ple, and of that people the present race 
of Indians know nothing whatever. Even 
this latter race has almost entirely dis- 
apj)eared, and no record of them will re- 
main except that which the white man 
preserves. They have withered and wilted 
before the march of civilization. They 
have drunk to the very dregs its vices, 
while they have shunned and resented 
its virtues. They are now a degraded 
and wretched people, a burden to them- 
selves and the nation. Not so were they 
at the first coming of the white man. 
Then they were the brave warrior, the 
keen hunter, swift of foot and strong of 
limb — the relentless enemy, the unflinch- 
ing friend, the guileless and untutored 
children of the forest. . 

When the white man first visited Wis- 
consin, about the middle of the seven- 
teenth century, the present limits of the 
State were principally occupied by two 
great tribes, the Menomonees and the 
Winnebagos. The former occupied and 
held all the territory on the east side of 



EABLY TIMES IN THE 



Lake "Winnebago and the Fox and Wolf 
Bivers, including Green Bay and the 
west shore of Lake Michigan ; and the 
latter held all west of Lake Winnebago 
and the iipper Fox and Wisconsin rivers. 
Both of t]iese tribes were then powerful 
and for many years afterwards held in 
great awe the few white inhabitants who 
then inhabited the country. The Win- 
nebagos, in 1824, numbered perhaps 
about six thousand, the Menomonees be- 
tween three and four thousand. Their 
characters and habits differed very es- 
sentially. The Winnebagos were cruel 
and treacherous, and would rather des- 
patch an enemy in secure ambush than 
face him in fair and euqal combat. The 
late Henry S. Baird, writing of this tribe 
as they were in 1824, says : 

"They were friendly to the British and 
for many years were their jiensioners, 
going oj)enly every year to CantKla to re- 
ceive their presents from the British 
Grovcrnmeut. They hated the Ameri- 
cans, and in the war of 1812, they es- 
poused the cause of the former and 
proved the most sanguinary foes of the 
United States in the massacres of Mack- 
inaw, Chicago and other places. Even 
in later years they viewed the citizenswith 
susiiicion and kept them in constant fear ; 
and it is well known that they not only 
instigated the Sacs and Foxes in the 
Black Hawk war to commence hostilities 
but participated in their battles. But 
these were not the worst features in the 
character of this tribe. They united the 
art of stealing to that of lying. If they 
could catch the traveler's horse or lay 
hands upon any of his luggage or prop- 
erty, it was appropriated at once to their 
own vise. Far different were the charac- 
ters and habits of the Menomonees. As 
a tribe they practiced neither of the low 
vices of thieving or lying. Unlike their 
neighbors, whose character I have just 
portrayed, they were neither treacherous 
nor belligerent. Always friendly to the 
whites,they gained the friend.ship of the 
latter. It is truo,that during the war of 
1812, this tribe, together with all the 
northern and western tribes, joined the 
British,and fought under tlieir standard ; 
but this must be attributed to the fact 
that the whole of this portion of the 
northwest was, at that period, in subjec- 



tion to that power. British fui* traders 
then monoi3oUzed nearly the entire fur 
trade of this region, and British gold 
was lavishly exjjended by active and effi- 
cient agents, scattered over the wliole 
co'intry, to influence the Indian * tribes, 
and enlist them in the cause of their for- 
mer invaders, the English. On the other 
hand, the Government of the United 
States had but a nominal possession of 
the C(3untry — but few forts, or places of 
defence, and these but feebly manned or 
defended, and the whole population left 
to their own resources. It was but nat- 
ural that the Indians should take sides 
with the most jiowerful party, and with 
those who promised them that the Ameri- 
cans should be entirely expelled and 
driven from the country and the original 
inhabitants restored to their former 
homes. But this was not universally t le 
case with the Menomonees, for although 
they generally united under the British 
flag, there were many exceptions. The 
descendents of some of the old American 
settlers well know that their families 
were not only rescued from the scalping 
knife, but subsequently protected by dif- 
ferent individuals of the Menomonee 
tribe. In the Black Hawk Avar, they as- 
sembled en mas)<e, and showed them- 
selves efficient allies of the whites in 
bringing to a close what, at one time, 
threatened to bo a renewal of those sav- 
age and sanguinary scenes, which at 
earlier jjeriods devastated and laid waste 
many settlements of this North- west. " 

CUSTOMS. 

From the late Judge Lockwood's ob- 
servations of the habits and customs of 
the Indians, in about the years 1816 to 
1820, we abstract the following : 

MARRIAGES. 

"When a young Indian desires to mar- 
ry, he invites his relatives who are near 
or in camp, to a feast and informs them 
that he wishes a certain girl for his Avife. 
If they are in favor of the match, they 
immediately collect goods and suitable 
articles for a present to the relatives of 
the desired one. One gives a guu,anoth- 
er a blanket, another a kettle or a horse, 
as he may happen to possess at the time. 
When the collection is completed some 
of the relatives cari-y the presents to the 
lodge of the father of the young woman. 
One of them exiiresses in song the ob- 
ject for which they are inteuded,and leav- 
ing the things at the door retires. If the 



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father is favorably disposed to- the match 
he invites all his relatives that are near, 
to a feast, and when assembled, if they 
conclude to give the girl in marriage, 
each takes of the articles, such as he can 
return in kind, and with such presents, 
together with the bride, they march to 
the lodge of the young man, where she 
is given up to him with many mintue 
ceremonies. After which, she returns 
again to her father's lodge, where they 
usually reside, the son-in-law hunting for 
the father-in-law until about the time 
the oldest child can walk, after which 
he generally gets a lodge for himself. A 
small apartment is petitioned off in the 
lodge of the father-in-law for the young 
couple. The young man generally dur- 
ing the day is out hunting and seldom 
visits the lodge of his bride until all the 
others have gone to sleep, when he crawls 
■ into the lodge. There is no familiarity 
between the parents of the bride and 
their son-in-law. If he is ever in their 
presence he appears ashamed and seldom 
speaks to them. If he wants to com- 
municate to them it is done through his 
wife. 

DEATHS AND BURIALS. 

When a person dies, the body is decor- 
ated in all of his or their finery and four 
forks or crotches are cut and stuck in 
the gi'ound upon which a scaffold is made, 
and the deceased wrapped in a newly 
painted buffalo skin, a new blanket is 
laid thereon with some ceremony. If 
the death takes place at a trader's house 
in the fall before they go to their hunt, 
an old woman, a relative of the deceased, 
is left there to feed and cry over the 
dead during the absence of the others. 
She usually goes about dark in the even- 
ing with a dish of provisions and sits 
down under the scaffold and commences 
crying and howling, with loud lamenta- 
tain, calling upon the Great Spirit to 
have mercy upon the deceased, etc. Af- 
ter continuing this doleful noise for 
about an hour, she leaves the dish of 
food under the scaffold and returns to 
the lodge and the dogs or wolves eat 
the ijrovisions when the Indians sup- 
pose the dead ate them. The corpse is 
left in this manner until nothing re- 
mains but the bones when they are col- 
lected and carried to their village." 

INDIAN VILLAGES. 

The principal trading posts up to 
about the year 1830 were located at Mil- 



waukee, Sheboygan, and Manitowoc on 
Lake Michigan; Menomonee River. 
Peshtigo and Oconto on Green Bay; 
Fond du Lac Biver, Lake Shawano and 
the portage of the Fox and Wisconsin. 
And one of the most populous villages 
was located on what is now known as 
Doty Island. This latter was ruled over 
for many years by a woman, but this was 
previous to the advent of the white man. 
She must have been a person of extra- 
ordinary parts and influence, for the tra- 
dition of the Indians endow her with 
great talents and powers. This was then 
a lovely spot, a favorite meeting place of 
all the Indian tribes. Here they assem- 
bled for their periodical councils and 
pow-wows, and the large elm tree on the 
opposite point was always designated by 
them as 

"the council teee". 
Twenty years ago this tree was in the 
full maturity of its beauty and grandeur.- 
Its form and outline were exceedingly 
gi'aceful and beautiful, and its immense 
size and peaceful surroundings rendered 
it a great object of attraction. Then it 
was in a great part surrounded with a 
dense underbrush thickly matted with 
creepers and vines, forming a beautiful 
setting to the giant forest-king that 
towered over them. Beneath its branches 
a thousand men could find shelter from 
storm and refreshing shade from the 
summer sun. But now,aIas how changed ; 
the underbrush is all cut away, the march 
of modern improvement has encroached 
upon its very shadows, it looks lonely 
and forsaken, and like the children of 
the forest whom it so often sheltered, it 
seems "a stranger in its own land and a 
foreigner on its own soil." 

LA BUTTE DES MORTS MASSACRE. 

The points of land at the confluence of 
the Fox and Wolf rivers in Winnebago 
county is known as butte des morts, the 
French for hiU of the dead. It gained 
its name from the following events which 
happened in the year 1725. For many 



EARLY TIMES IN THE 



years the Indians in possession of this 
point were in the habit of stopjiing and 
demanding- tribute for liberty to i^ass. 
This had to be submitted to,- but in the 
autumn of 1724, a hot headed young 
Canadian refused to pay the customary 
tribute and in the tussle he severely 
wounded the Indian who attemi)ted to 
take it forcibly. He was thereujDon in- 
stantly shot dead and scalped, and his 
boat was pillaged. When the news of 
this outrage reached Quebec, the Seker 
MoRAN, a man of decided and energetic 
character, was disjiatched with a con- 
siderable force to jjunish the perjjetra- 
tors. In October, of the following year, 
he arrived in the Fox river and immedi- 
ately sent a messenger to the hillock of 
the dead to demand the instant surren- 
der of all i^ersons concerned in the mur- 
der of the Canadian trader last year. 
This message the Indians treated with 
scorn. MoEAN thereupon resolved to 
administer to them a chastisement they 
should never forget. He succeeded in 
enlisting in his expedition a large band 
of Menomonee Indians, the hereditary 
enemies of the Sacs, who were then in 
possession of the coveted point. These 
with a number of his soldiers he landed 
on a small creek about a mile below and 
ordered them to gain the woods in the 
rear of the village and there await until 
the firing commenced. "When sufficient 
time had elapsed for his orders to be 
obeyed, the remaining troops crouched 
in the bottom of the boats with their 
arms ready, and hidden by the canvas 
used l)y the traders to cover their wares. 
This done he put off and the crew, dis- 
guised like boatmen, rowed up the river 
singing this ditty : 

"Tous les printemps 
Tant de nouvelles 
Tous Ze.s amants 
Ghangent de maitresses 
Le bon vin m' endort 
L' amour me reuielle." 

Tous leu aTuants 
Changent de maitresses 
Ow Us chanoent qui voudront 
Pour me garde le mlenne 
Le bonvin m' endort 
L'amour me revielle. 



This charming little love song has been 
admirably rendered into EngUsh by Mrs. 
Krum, of Madison, as follows : 

"Each returning springtime 

Brings so mueli that's new 

All the flckle lovers. 

Changing sweet hearts too; 

The good wine soothes and gives me rest, 

"While love inspires and fills my breast." 

"AH the fickle lovers 

Changing sweet-hearts still 

I'll keep mine forever 

Those may change who will. 

The good wine soothes and gives me rest 

While love inspires and fills my breast." 

They were soon within sight of the 
villiage. The Indians little dreamt of the 
terrible fate that was soon to befall them. 
They were drunk or at least suffering 
from the effects of intoxication and when 
they saw the boats ajpproaching, they 
cried out "Here come the traders with 
fire-water and blankets, let us make 
haste to the sijoil." As the foremost 
boat came opposite, a dozen balls were 
fired athwart her course. M. Moean 
rose and commanded the interpreter to 
ask what they wanted? Skootay waubo 
Skootay waubo (fire-warer) shouted five 
hundred voices. 'Shore' said Moean 
and as the other boats were now along- 
side they all touched the gTound together. 
Then the Indians laid hands on them 
and commenced dragging them farther 
aground. Help ! Help ! thieves ! thieves ! 
cried Moran in full deep tones. At once 
the coverings were thrown off and a 
hundred and fifty soldiers were brought 
to sight, as if by the spell of an enchant- 
er. 'Fire' cried Moran. The muskets 
flashed and twenty Sacs fell dead where 
they stood. To the j^oor misguided sav- 
ages, the number of their enemies seem- 
ed trebled the reality. They fled prici- 
pitately to the -sdlliage to prepare for de- 
fence. Two minutes sufficed for the 
troops to form and pursue. 

The Sacs found at their lodges another 
and more terrible enemy than the French. 
A Menomonee had entered the place un- 
suspected and set it on fire on the "wind- 
ward side. The wind was high and in a 
few moments the frail bark dwellings, 
were wrapped in a sheet of flame. The 



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Sacs then retreated towards tlie woods 
but there Moran's reserve met them and 
they were placed between two flres. 
Then burst forth one heartrending, agon- 
izing shriek, and the devoted Sacs pre- 
pared to defend themselyes with the cour- 
age of despair. Ball and bayonet now be- 
gan their bloody work. The victims 
were hemmed in on every side. The Me- 
nomonees precluded the possibility of 
escape on the flanks ; and the knife and 
guttering tomahawk cut off what the 
sword had spared. The inhabitants of 
the village fought with unshrinking 
courage. Few asked quarter and none 
received it. They perished man, woman 
and child. A heap of smoking ruins 
and a few hoiiseless dogs, howling after 
the dead bodies of their masters, Avere 
the only objects the sad hillock present- 
ed. 

But five families that had been absent 
at the time survived the slaughter. 
These gathered the remains of the dead, 
and piled a friendly mound of earth up- 
on them, then left their country and emi- 
grated towards the Mississippi, where 
they incorporated themselves with the 
Foxes. 

THE FIKST SETTLERS. 

Of the early French Canadian traders 
and settlers the late Henry S. Baird 
truly and ap]Droj)riately remarks : " The 
character of the people was a compound 
of civilization and primitive simplicity 
— exhibiting the polite and lowly char- 
acteristics of the French and the thought- 
lessness and improvidence of the Abori- 
gines. Possessing the virtues of hospi- 
tality and the warmth of heart unknown 
to residents of cities, untrammeled by 
the etiquette and conventional rules of 
modern "high life, " they were ever ready 
to receive and entertain their friends, 
and more intent upon the enjoyment of 
the present than to lay up a store, or 
make provision for the future. With 
few wants and contented and happy 
hearts, they found enjoyment in the 



merry dance, the sleigh ride, and the ex- 
citing horse race, and doubtless experienc- 
ed more true happiness and contentment 
than the plodding, calculating and mon- 
ed seeking people of the present day. 
This was the character of the settlers 
who occupied this country before the 
arrival of the Yankees — a class now en- 
tirely extinct or lost sight of by the j)res- 
ent population, but it is one which unites 
the present with the past and for whom 
the "old settlers" entertain feelings of 
veneration and respect. They deserve 
to be remembered and placeed on the 
pages of history as the first real pioneers 
of Wisconsin. Several of these persons 
have left descendants who still survive 
them, and the names of Lawe, Grignon, 
Juneau, Poller and others of that class 
will survive and serve as memorials of 
this old race of settlers long after the 
last of the present generation shall have 
been "gathered to their fathers." 

JOSEPH ROLETTE. 

The most noted of these old Canadian 
settlers was Joseph Eolette. He traded 
between Green Bay, the Uioper Missis- 
sippi and Prairie du Chien. He was a 
Canadian by birth, of French extraction. 
He was educated for the Eoman Catho- 
lic Church, but not liking the jDrofession 
he quit it, and in 1804 came to Prairie 
du Chien. Although he was active in 
business and used every exertion to make 
money it was not with the miserly dis- 
position of hoarding it for he was equal- 
ly liberal in scattering it. He was hos- 
pitable and generous and liberal to the 
poor. He wa's the first to introduce 
swine and sheep into the country. He 
died at Prairie du Chien in 1841. 

Mrs. Eanzie relates, in her JFau Bzin, 
the following capital story of Mr. Eo- 
lette. The scene was on Lake Winne- 
bago where Eolette was engaged with a 
trading boat, .when he met another boat 
on which were his employees, directly 
from Prairie du Chien. Of course, after 
an absence of some weeks from home, the 



EAELY TIMES IN THE 



meeting on these lonely waters and the 
exchanging of news was an occasion of 
great excitement. The boats were 
stopped, earnest greetings interchanged, 
question followed question : 

" JEJi blen" enquired M. Rollette, 
"have they finished the new house ?" 

" Old Monsieur. " 

" M la cheminee" fujne-t-elle ? (Docs 
the chimney smoke.) 

" No7i Monsieur. " 

" And the harvest, how is that ? " 

" Very line indeed." 

"Is the Mill at work?" 

" Yes, plenty of water. " 

"How is whip ?" (His fayorite horse.) 

"Oh! Whipis first rate." 

Every thing in short about the ^store, 
the farm, the busimess of vairous de- 
scriptions being satisfactorily gone over, 
there was no occasion for farther delay. 
It was time to proceed. 

"Eh blen — adieu! bon voyage!" 

Arraches mes gens. (Go ahead nov/ !) 

Then suddenly — Arretz — • arretz. 
(Stop! Stop!) 

Comment x^ortent Madame Rollette 
et les enfants? (How are Mrs. RoHette 
and the children ? 

Mrs. Ivinsie also gives another glimpse 
of M. RoUette's character. The Indians, 
she says, called him, Ah-kay-zaup-ee-tah, 
or Five More, because, as they said, let 
them offer what number of skins they 
might, in bartering for an article, his 
terms were invariably "five more." 

Upon one occasion a lady remarked to 
him : Oh, M. Rolette I would not be en- 
gaged in the Indian trade, it seems to be 
a system of cheating the poor Indians. 
Let me tell you Madame, replied he with 
great nalvette, "it is not so easy a thing 
to cheat the Indians as you imagine, I 
have tried it these twenty years and 
have never suceeded. " 

E.\KLY LAWS AND CUSTOMS. 

Up to about the year 1823, in the so- 
cial and business relations the French 
\a\vfi,"Coutiime de Paris," controlled 



the transaction of the settlers. And 
the few judicial officers then in the coun- 
try, knew but little and cared less about 
legal codes, and jm-isdictional limits 
The customs and habits of the people 
among which they lived were to them the 
supreme law of the land. They decided 
disputes, and settled differences. They 
solemnized marriages and granted di- 
vorces, and in the performance of this 
latter official duty they generally charged 
double the fee for gTanting a divorce 
that they would charge for marryirg, 
wisely — concluding that when people 
wanted to get unmarried they loould 
willingly give double ivhat they tcould 
in the first iyistance to form the matri- 
monial co7itra,ct. 

The Coutuine de Paris so far pre- 
vailed in this country generally, that a 
part of the ceremony of marriage was 
the entering into a contract in writing, 
generally giving, if no issue, the j^roper- 
ty to the survivor ; and if they desired 
to be divorced they went together be- 
fore the magistrate and made known 
their wishes, and he in their jiresence 
tore up the marriage, contract. According 
to the custom of the country, they wert 
then divorced. The late Judge Lock- 
wood of Prairie du Chien, said he was 
once present at Judge Abbots — at Mack 
iiiaw — Avhen a coujile presented them- 
selves before him and were divorced in 
this maimer. If an American Judge 
would thus act in this manner under 
American law, why should we be aston- 
ished at the yagaries of the noted Jus- 
tice Reaume, when he donned his scar- 
let coat and cap and delivered judgment 
in the matter in litigation before him, 
that the plaintiff should fetch him a 
load of hay, and the defendant should 
cliop for him a cord of wood, and the 
Constable should, pay the co.^ts. But 
tempora mtitaniur, the old Beglme h.&a 
passed away forever; and we merely re- 
count these incidents t or the jileasure 
and instructicn of a sul sequent genera- 
tion. 



FOX EIYEE VALLEY. 



INDIAN DEEDS. 

In order to show in wliat manner and 
for what consideration Indian titles and 
claims to land were at times procured by 
the French traders, the following is a 
copy of a deed now on record in the 
office of the Eegister of Deeds of this 
county. It purports to convey to the 
grantee a large tract of land on both 
sides of the river at Kaukauna, then 
called Kakalin, and pronounced Kauka- 
lo. 

"En mille sept cent quatre vingt triezc, 
trouvent present Wabispine et le Tabac 
noir, lesquels ont voluntairement aban- 
donez et cedez a Monsieur Domineque 
Ducharme, deiouis le haut de portage de 
Kakalin jusque du bout de le Praire d'en 
bas, sur quarante arpens de profond- 
eur; et sur I'autre cote' vis a vis de 
lit portage quatre arpens de large, sur 
trentc de profondeur. Lesquels vendeurs 
se sont trouves contens et satisfaits pour 
deux barrils de rum. Enfois de quois, 
ils ont faits leur marques, le vieux Wab- 
isipine etant avengle les Temvons ont 
fait sa marque j)our lui. 

Mark de Wabisipine. 



De L'ateibute 
L'aigle. 




Makqte de Tabac Noie. 




teanslation. 
In one thousacd, seven hundred and 
ninety-three are fotind present. Wabis- 



ipine and the Black Tobacco who have 
voluntarily given up and ceded to Mr, 
Domenick Ducharme from the head of 
the Portage of Kakahn to the end of 
the Prairie below by forty arpens in 
depth ; and on the other side opposite 
the said portage four arpens wide by 
thirty in depth. The said vendors are 
contented and satisfied for two barrels 
of rum. In faith of which they have 
made their marks, the old Wabisipine 
being bhnd the witnesses have made his 
mark for him. 

Maek of Wabisipine, 
of the attribute of the Eagle. 
Maek of the Black Tobacco. 

Witness: J. Haeeison, 

Lambeet Macauley. 

Congress in 1820, repudiated this deed 
and denied the claims. 

FIEST AMEEICAN SETTLEES 

It was about the year 1824 that Amer- 
icans com moneyed to come to Wisconsin. 
At that time there were but two settle- 
ments within the limits of the present 
state, namely Green Bay and Prairie- 
du Chien. There were no roads or pub- 
lic highways, save the navigable waters 
or the blind Indian trail. The trader 
had no choice in his mode of transit 
from place to place ; no public means of 
conveyance from which he might select 
the most expeditious or agreeable. His 
only alternative was to travel on foot 
through the forest or pursue his voyage 
in the frail bark canoe. Then the Unit- 
ed States mails were conveyed, during 
the season of navigation, by irregular 
and tardy conveyance of sail vessels 
and in winter they were carried on a 
man's back, through the trackless wilder- 
ness between Green Bay and Chicago, a 
distance of about two hundred miles, 
once a month. 

Wisconsin was then a part of the Ter- 
ritory of Michigan. The laws then in 
force were crude and ill dcAdsed, some 
of which were really disgraceful to those 
who enacted them —such, for instance. 



EAELY TUVIES IN THE 



aBpuhlic ti'hipxnng and selling the of- 
fender into servitude for a 2^eriod not 
exceeding three months simply for the 
commission of mere petty oflfences. 
These laws were enacted by a Legisla- 
tive Board, consisting of the Governor 
and Judges of the Territory who receiv- 
ed their ajDpointment from the general 
government, and were in no way amen- 
able to the f)eople who were to be govern- 
ed by their enactment. In the session 
of 1822-23, Congress passed a law organ- 
izing the then counties of Mackinaw, 
Brown and Crawford, and made them a 
separate judicial district, and the Hon. 
James Duane Doty was ajjijointed Judge. 
The estabhshment of regularly organ- 
ized courts may be considered a new era 
in the history of the territory for it was 
then for the first time that the citizen 
regarded himself as really under the 
protecting arm of the law, and in full 
enjoyment of his liberty and property. 

On the 4th day of October, 1824, 
Judge Doty opened and organized the 
first Court of general jurisdiction ever 
held in Wisconsin. The difficulties he 
had to overcome were almost insuper- 
able. He had no court house, no officers. 
There were only about half a dozen 
American families at Green Bay, and all 
the rest of the population were not only 
unfriendly but viewed with jealousy and 
suspicion the introduction of American 
Courts and institutions, as a serious in- 
terference with their peculiar customs 
and relations. One of the gx-eatest dif- 
ficulties was to find a sufficient number 
of English sjDeaking citizens to summon 
as jurors ; after this difficulty was over- 
come, Court was formally opened in the 
late Col. Irwin's log tavern, in a room 
about twenty feet square. This house 
was situated near the then village of 
Shanty-town, but all traces of it have 
disapi^eared many years since. 

JAMES DUANE DOTY. 

Judge Doty was then but twenty-five 
years of age — taU and large of frame, a 



splendid specimen of physical manhood. 
To natural ease and dignity of deport- 
ment, he added a pleasing address and 
winning manners. His address to the 
gi'and jury was informal and in a man- 
ner conversational. He impressed upon 
them the necessity of preser\'ing order 
and peace, and good government, to the 
end that every man, be he poor or rich, 
strong or weak, should feel perfectly se- 
cure in his person and property; and 
the only certain way of attaining this 
object was to bring the violaters of law 
to speedy trial and punishment. He fur- 
ther impressed upon them the necessity 
of enforcing the statutes enacted for the 
prevention of immorality and vice. He 
charged them that if they knew or were 
informed of persons living together as 
husband and wife who had not been legal- 
ly married, that they were guilty of a 
crime under the law and should be 
brought to trial ; that the well being of . 
the community demanded it. This ad- 
dress created a deep impression, and 
was the cause of immense excitement in 
Green Bay, for a large portion of the 
j)opulation had never been married but 
lived with women whom they called 
their wives. The gi-and jury, after due 
deliberation, retui-ned into coin-t with 
forty-four indictments : One for murder, 
several for lesser offences, and thirty- 
eight for illicit cohahitation. The in- 
dignation of the old settlers knew no 
bounds. They raved and swore and op- 
enly rebelled, but the close proximity of 
Ft. Howard soon brought them to their 
senses. Nearly all the off'enders, in a 
short time, adojoted the intimation of 
the judge, oud got married, and thereby 
escai^ed the penalty of the law. The 
man indicted for murder was tried at 
the next term of court, found guilty and 
sentenced to be hanged. The then 
Sheriff" disliking the job, Ebenezer 
Childs was a^ipointed by the judge to 
perform that duty, and the records show 
that he did it "with neatness and dis- 
patch." 



IPUTAl 




nd & Bro. 

Hyde & Harriman. 

t Morrison. 



Geo. Kreiss. 




Qg no inter 
NOUG? 

lat skill ar 
an any ho 

isiness on 

of Us 

ETS, 

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'PLET 

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RELIABILITY IS THE REPUTATION WE SEEK. 4 



NO RENT TO PAY, TH AT IS $1000 PE R YEAR. 
WE SAVE FIVE PEErCENT."o¥$80,000. 

CO Say $4,000 per year by buying for Cash and paying no interest, which makes $5,000 per year. 

^ THAT IS PROFIT ENOUGH FOR US. 

/^ And we claim to do all for our customers that skill and energy will accomplish, con- 

PQ fidently claiming to sell goods lower than any house in the State, save one 

I — ( 

[—{ or two in Milwaukee, who do business on the same principle. 

w You Can Rely on Goods Bought of Us Being as Represented. 

DRY GOODS, CARPETS, MILLINERY, 

PETTIBONE & CO., 

APPLETON, WISCONSIN. 



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THE BEST GOODS IN THE MARKET FOR STYLE AND QUALITY. 




BII^ID'S-E"^-E ■mE"v?s7- OP^ ..^:F':E=XJETOI^T, TTv^ISCOlNrSin^. 



1. Appleton Iron Company's Works. 

2. Apploton Chair and Bedstead Factory. 

3. Foundry and Machine Shop, Ketchum & Morgan. 

4. Appleton Hub and Spoke Factory, Marston & Beveridge. 

5. Champion Steel Horse Nail Works. 

G. Flour Barrel Stavo Factory, G. W. Spaulding & Co. 
7. Western Wood Pulp Mills, J. Bradner Smith & Co. 
S. Appleton Paper and Pulp' Co.'s Mills. 



D. Genesee Flouring Mills. Theodore Conkey. 

10. Appleton Manufacturing Co.'s Works. 

11. Atlas Paper Go's Mills. 

12. Flouring Mills, S.. H. Willy. 

13. Flouring Mills, Hauert & Weiland. 

14. Flouring Mills, Cross & Willy. 

15. Sash, Door and Blind Factory, Briggs & Beveridge. 

16. Pump Factory, T. W. Brown, 



17. Furniture Factory. 

18. Paper Mill, G. N. Richmond & Bro. 

19. Telulah Mineral Springs, Hyde & Harrinian. 

20. Spoke Factory, Billings & Morrison. 

21. Appleton Woolen Mills. 

22. Tannery. 

23. Hub and Spoke Factory, Goo. Kreiss. 

24. Saw Mill, Rose & Heath, 



«®*NoTE— Since the above cut was engraved, several new establishments have been erected on the river which are mentioned elsewhere. 



.ION WE SEEK. 4 



;i 000 PER YEAR. 



[T. ON $80,000. 

est, which makes $5,000 per year. 

I FOR US. 

id energy will accomplish, con- 
use hi the State, save one 
the same principle. 

Being as Represented. 

MILLINERY. 

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ON, WISCONSIN. 

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POX EIYEB YALIiEY^ 



From Green Bay, Judge Doty pro- 
ceeded to Prairie du OHen, tlien called 
Fort Crawford. His young wife accom- 
panied him. They made the whole 
journey in a birch bark canoe, paddled 
by four Canadian voijageuers. It took 
eight days to accomplish the journey. 
There was only one house (that of Mr. 
Grignon at Kaukauna) along the whole 
route of nearly three hundred miles. 
At night they would camp on the bank 
of the river, catch iish and shoot game, 
and cook and eat their meals and sleep 
with a zest and gratification that was a 
pleasant memory during all their lives. 
At Fort Crawford, the difficulties to be 
overcome were greater than those at 
Green Bay, The American settlers were 
fewer, and the opposition manifested by 
the other settlers to American manners 
and laws was more determined and an- 
noying. Here Judge Doty calculated to 
make his home, as being the most cen- 
tral point in his Circuit. His first work 
was to procure a mail route to Ft. Craw- 
ford, and he, himself, was appointed and 
acted as postmaster. After a short time 
he concluded to return to Green Bay, 
and there the following year Ebenzer 
Childs erected for him the first frame 
house ever built in Wisconsin. For 
nine years, he filled the office of Judge 
and performed his official duties, with a 
degree of promptitude and ability, that 
is astonishing to us of a later genera- 
tion. Often alone and unattended, rid- 
ing on an Indian pony, he traversed the 
length and breadth of the state,, then a 
trackless and uninhabited wilderness, 
save by a few bands of nomadic Indians, 
whose friendship he always courted and 
never failed to win ; He learned their 
language and always treated them with 
candor and respect. 

In 1830, Congress made an appropri- 
ation for surveying and locating a mili- 
tary road from Green Bay to Chicago 
and thence to Prairie d\\ Chien. Judge 
Doty and Lieut. Center of the U. S. 



army were appointed Commissioners 
and surveyed and located these roads in 
1831 and 1832. 

In 1834: he was elected to the Legisla* 
tive Council of the Territory of Michi- 
gan, — the seat of government being 
then at Detroit. It was while he was a 
member of that body, the question of a 
State Government was agitated, and he 
introduced the bill which finally pre- 
vailed. 

In 1836, the Territory of Wisconsin 
was organized. General Dodge received 
the appointment of Governor, and as- 
sembled the first Legislature in the vil- 
lage of Belmont, now in Lafayette Coun- 
ty. Judge Doty appeared there as a 
lobby member, having in his pocket a 
beautifully executed map of the Four 
Lakes country, where he had laid out in 
lots and blocks a city of magnificent 
proportions, and in its center a ten acre 
square, which he designated "Capitol 
Park," and in his pocket he had also a 
deed granting said park to the Territory 
for Capitol buildings. He worked quiet- 
ly and effectively with the members, and 
when the matter came to a vote the seat 
of government was fixed at Madison, to 
thCj gTeat disgust and astonishment of 
Gov. Dodge and the representatives of 
the lead region, then the most populous 
part of the Territory. 

In 1838, Judge Doty was elected dele- 
gate to Congress and served till 1841, 
when he was appointed Governor of 
Wisconsin by President Tyler. While 
Governor and Superintendent of Indian 
afiairs, the Indians in Minnesota began 
to be troublesome. The War Depart- 
ment appointed Gov. Doty as Commis- 
sioner to treat with them. He soon as- 
sembled the sachems and had a council. 
They listened with profound attention, 
difficulties were allayed and he made 
two highly important treaties which the 
Senate afterwards failed to confirm. In 
1846, he was elected a member of the 
first Constitutional Convention, and in 



10 



EAELY TMES IN THE 



1848 he was elected to Congress and re- 
elected in 1851. In 1853, he retired to 
ids "Loggery" on Doty Island, and Hved 
there uninteiTuptedly for the succeeding 
eight years. His wonted energies were 
now devoted to beautifying his home, 
and its surroundings. He enjoyed and 
maintained a very extensive correspond- 
ence. His librarj' was a most interest- 
ing and unique museum, lined on aU 
sides with books, pubHc documents, In- 
dian imislements of war, pipes, accou- 
trements, &c. ; and here, Avith his most 
estimable and noble wife, he dispensed 
a genial and generous hospitality that 
made his home famous in other lands. 

In the year 1861, President Lincoln 
appointed Gov. Doty, Superintendent 
of Indian Affairs for the Territory of 
Utah, and in the year following he was 
appointed Governor, w'hich office he 
held up to the time of his death, which 
took place at Salt Lake City on the 13th 
day of June, 1865. He Avas inten-ed at 
Camp Douglas cemeterj', about four 
miles from the city, and there shortly af- 
terwards his son. Major Charles Doty, 
erected a massive granite monument to 
mark the last resting j^lace of his hon- 
ored remains. No man in his day exer- 
cised a more potent influence in mould- 
ing the destinies of the state, and shap- 
ing its course than Gov. Doty, and his 
name will ever remain impressed upon 
the state as a memento of his useful, 
hgnorable and distinguished life. 

EFFORTS TO CIVILIZE THE INDIANS. 

The Menomonee Indians, having been 
always kindly disj)osed towards the 
whites, the general government in def- 
ference to a widely diflFused sentiment 
of philantroijhy, resolved to make an ef- 
fort to lead them gently into the ways 
of civiHzed life. To that end, in the 
year 1835, a settlement was started at 
Winnebago Rapids, now the site of the 
city of Neenah. A saw mill and a grist 
mill, as well as a large number of small 
neat dwelling houses" were erected by 



the agents of the government. A good 
blacksmith shop and carpenter shop 
were completely furnished, and an im- 
mense number of farming tools and im- 
plements were on hand, and all the able 
■bodied Indians were requested to tiu-n 
in and do an honest days work, and earn 
^ their bread. A few comphed but the 
great body lounged around in listless 
idleness ; and even those who were per- 
mitted to occupy the houses, instead of 
using chairs and tables and stoyes, like 
the white peoisle, secretly tore up the 
flooring and built fires in the center and 
then sat and slept around them as they 
were wont to do in their own bark wig- 
wams. In the morning many of them 
would start in and work with energy and 
alacrity, but before noon three-fourths 
of them would have thrown up their 
hoes and spades and retired to the shade, 
disheartened in their efforts to imitate 
the white man, and sighing for their 
ancient freedom and the peaceful gloom of 
the forest. They would beg that the 
great Father in Washington would pay 
them for the lands in this locality and 
move them back into the forest on to a 
reservation far away from the track and 
presence of the white man. 

In 1833, the Indians, by treaty, sur- 
rendered all their right to all the land 
lying east of Fox Eiver and Lake Win- 
nebago, and these lands were soon after- 
wards surveyed and put up for public 
sale at the Land Office in Green Bay. 
Money was plenty then. It was prev- 
ious to the gi-eat panic of 1837, when 
the country was flooded with jjaper mon- 
ey and the people were infatuated with 
a mania for speculation, and every per- 
son desired to secure for a small sum the 
site of a great future metropolis. Some 
choice sections, such as laart of Doty 
Island sold as high as ten dollars an 
acre. 

When the Indians got heartily sick of 
their experiments of ci\ilization at Win- 
nebago Rapids, they sent a messenger 



FOX EIVEE VALLEY. 



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to Washington to negotiate for a new 
location, and their abandonment of the 
Eox Eiver Valley forever. Gov. Dodge 
was appointed a Commissioner to treat 
with them, and in due time he met them 
in a grand coiinc:.! at a point, where the 
city of Appleton is now located. It is 
said that Gov. Dodge, at the appointed 
moment, with much ceremony and in 
full dress, as a general of volunteers, 
and surrounded by a numerous suite, 
approached the dusky sachems and 
squaws, as if they were diplomatic cour- 
tiers from foreign lands. He made sev- 
eral long speeches to them, throiTgh his 
interpreter, and at intervals the Indians 
would give a grunt of satisfaction. And 
as the Gov. expatiated upon the power 
and granduer of the United State gov- 
ernment, and the great number and 
immense wealth of the white men, and 
how the great Father at Washington ap- 
pointed him to speak to them in his 
place and stead, "And tell them" said he 
to the inteY-pvcteT," that I am as great 
a man as Julius Caesar!" The treaty 
made at this time resulted in the remov- 
al of the Menomouee Indians to their 
.present reservation in Shawano County, 
and the extinguishment of the last rem- 
nant of the Indian title in this part of 
the state. This was in 1836, and the 
surveyors were immediately ordered to 
survey all the lands west of the Fox 
Biver and Lake Winnebego so that the 
same could be brought into market. 

Gen. A. G. Ellis Avas then Surveyor 
General, and the lands in this neighbor- 
hood were surveyed by Garret Vleit un- 
der his supervision, m the year 1839. 
Gen. Ellis is now the only one of the 
pioneers of 1824 living. He is indeed 
the patriarch of Wisconsin — still active 
and useful, full of years and honors, he 
has served his generation to good pur- 
pose, and his name v\'ill live forever in 
the early annals of the state, as one of 
its most useful and honorable citizens. 
In his surveys of this section of the 



country. Gen. Ellis was assisted by CoL 
Conkey, now a resident of this city. 

After the Indians had abandoned the 
new settlement at Neenah, the govern- 
ment advertised the property for sale, 
together with several hundred acres of 
land. And Harrison Beid, who was then 
a printer on the Milwaukee Sentinel, 
without a dollar of capital at his com- 
mand, made a tender of three thousand 
dollars for all the property both real and 
personal. This offer was accepted and 
Mr. Beid canie on and took possession. 
Now his great object was to find some 
person with money enough to pay the 
government and share with him in the 
speculation. After a time he found out 
Harvey Jones in Gloverville, N. Y., who 
furnished the funds, and came west to 
enter upon the enterprise of starting a 
new town in the then wilderness. The 
name was now changed to Neenah, a 
Menomonee word, meaning clear tvater. 

APPLETON. 

Up to the year 1847, the site of the 
present city of Appleton reposed in all 
its primitive j)eace and beauty, unmarred 
by the woodman's axe and untenanted 
by savage or citizen. The great river 
rolled and tumbled over chute and rock, 
and swept on in its resistless course un- 
fettered by dam or mill, and the high 
banks on either side were clothed with a 
luxuriant and varied vegetation. Here 
and there an opening studded with huge 
oaks and gxaceful elms, while in many 
places the thick underbrush, matted with 
vines and creepers, shut out the noon- 
day sun, and completed a landscape as 
rare as it was beautiful. 

The year previous the late Hon. Amos 
A. La-wTence made an offer to the Meth- 
odist Church of a donation of ten thous- 
and dollars, provided a Hke amount 
would be raised by contribution for the 
jDurpose of establishing an educational 
institution on or ne^r a tract of land 
he then owned near Depere. This land 
was low and uninviting, and being deemed 



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THE FUTUKE GREAT CENTER OF. 



nusuitable for that purpose, liis offer was 
not accepted. But the following year lie 
renewed Ms offer with Uberty to locate 
tiie college on any part of the Lower 
Fox River, deemed most suitable. This 
offer was accepted, and a committee con- 
sisting of Reeder Smith, G. E. H. Day 
and H. L. Blood was ajDpointed to se- 
lect a site. After thorough search and 
examination, they decided to locate the 
institution here. In 1849, work was 
commenced on the first Institute build- 
ing. It was a frame structure and was 
raised on the 3rd day of July, in that 
year, and on the following day, the 
Foiu'th v>'as celebrated in and around it, 
John S. Stephens read the Declaration 
and Rev. A. B. RandiiU delivered the 
oration, and the Institute was opened the 



following winter with thirty-five pupils. 
This building was burned down about 
the year 1853, and the j)resent large and 
substantial structure was soon afterwards 
completed and occupied. The site of 
the present building was chosen by a la- 
dy in 1848, and she still lives here not 
ing with no small degree of interest the 
growth and progress of this great man- 
ufacturing city which clusters around it, 
and to the population of which it has 
always imparted, a moral and intellect- 
nal repute. Nearly all the first comers 
are still in the land of the Hving, and 
the story of their trials and struggles 
and triumphs remains for some future 
historian, after they shall have been 
called hence and the places that know 
them now shall know them no more for- 
ever. 



FOX RIVER VALLEY. 



APPLETON AS THE CENTRAL POINT. 



TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES — IMPROVEMENTS — THE PLACE TO MANUFACTURE WOOLEN 
GOODS, IRON, COPPER AND LEAD — TIMBER RESOURCES — COTTON INDUSTRY — AP- 
PLETON AS A SUMMER RESORT — PARKS, DRIVES, SPORTING, ETC. — SCHOOLS, 
CHURCHES, ETC. 



Appleton, a city of about eight thous- 
and inhabitants, is situated on Fox Riv- 
er, five miles from Lake Winnebago, and 
twenty-nine miles from Green Bay. Its 
site is the most favorable, considering 
all things, in the Lower Fox River Val- 
ley, being for the most jDart situated on 
high table land which affords a com- 
manding view of the river and its de- 
lightful scenery. 

This valley embraces an area of about 
1,280,000 acres — a tract of country lying 
between Lake Winnebago and Green 
Bay and including Winnebago, Outaga- 
mie, Calumet, and Brown Counties. The 



whole of the teiTitory included in this 
valley is excellent agiicultural land, as 
fertile as that of any other equal portion 
of the State. The surface is gently un- 
dulating, and the soil of rich loam, cap- 
able of jjroducing all kinds of cereals, 
vegetables and fruits, adapted to the 44:th 
parallel of latitude. At present about 
three-fifths of this valley is under good 
cultivation, and the remainder is covered 
with a heavy growth of hard wood. 

The river flows in a north-easterly 
course from Lake Winnebago to Green 
Bay where it finds an outlet. At various 
points in this portion of the river are 



MANUFACTUEING IN THE WEST. 



13 



natural falls and rapids wMcli can be 
made available for gigantic manufactur- 
ing purposes. Nearly tlie whole length. 
of the Lower Fox can be utilized by 
man for driving the wheels of machinery, 
and at a cost that prevents successful 
competition by factories run with arti- 
ficial appliances. 

That the reader may be better able to 
appreciate the advantages Appleton pos- 
sesses for a manufacturing center, we 
subjoin a brief discussion of some of the 
prominent ones, and earnestly request a 
perusal of the same by all who are con- 
sidering the advisability of engaging in 
manufacturing. 

TKANSPOKTATIOlSr. 

As to transportation, its faciHties are 
not surj)assed by any manufacturing city 
in the West. The extensive farming 
districts of Southern Wisconsin, Illinois, 
and Minnesota, the lumbering and min- 
ing regions of Wisconsin and Upper 
Michigan are connected by a net work 
of raih'oads, and the Mississippi Valley 
and the Great Lakes are accessible 
through the instrumentality of the Gov- 
ernment Canal which connects the Mis- 
sissippi and Green Bay. Thus the whole 
Northwest becomes a market for all arti- 
cles which can be manufactured here, 
through these various means of com- 
munication. 

ADVANTAGES. 

The advantages which Appleton pos- 
sess over other locahties for the invest- 
meiit of capital are of a pre-eminently 
superior character. Of the available 
points, Appleton is the only one which 
contains improved water-powers, with 
the many appHances and advantages 
which this necessarily implies. It does 
not require a large outlay of capital to 
build canals, dams, races, etc., to control 
the water before it can be used, for these 
with bridges, streets, accessible and con- 
venient depots for shipment, have all 
been provided, leaving nothing of this 
nature to be done by those who locate 



here. All that remains to be done is to 
select a suitable mill site (which can be 
purchased at a nominal price), and at 
once begin the construction of buildings. 
Those acquainted with the necessary im- 
provements of a new locality, will at 
once recognize the desirability of locat- 
ing where this work has been performed. 
At present, the manufacturing inter- 
ests include woolen goods, pig iron, wood 
pulp, paper, flour, barrel material, furni- 
ture, wagon material, sash and blinds, 
etc., etc.; but none of these is overdone, 
and there remains ample room for new 
factories of the same kind. 

WOOL. 

Those interested in the manufacture 
of woolen goods will at once recognize 
the superior advantages offered at Ap- 
pleton. The manufacturers of the East 
labor under the disadvantage of double 
freight — the cost of transportation of 
wool to the East and of transportation 
of the manufactured goods to the West. 
Here this is obviated by bringing the 
consumer and producer into close prox- 
imity. The wool can be made into fab- 
rics as cheaply here as in the most fa- 
vored localities of the East, and as fine 
a quality of goods can be manufactured 
here as there. So far as the quantity of 
wool may enter into the f easibiHty, there 
is no question whatever. The best qual- 
ities of wool are grown in all the North- 
western States, and in quantities suffici- 
ent to stock factories of the largest ca- 
pacity. Considerable attention has been 
given to wool growing in the Fox Eiver 
Valley, during the past ten years, with 
great success, proving beyond a doubt 
that the best grades of wool can be 
grown here. With the increase of fac- 
tories, the wool growers will become 
multiplied sufficiently to supply all de- 
mands of the manufacturer. 

IKON. 

By reference to a map, it will be seen 
at a glance that this is a favorable jjoint 
for the manufacture of iron. The inex- 



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THE FUTURE GEEAT CENTER OF 



lianstible deposits of iron ore in the 
Lake Superior region are sufficient to 
supply the world for ages. The quality 
of the ore is nowhere surpassed, either 
on this or any other continent. It yields 
from 50 to 70 per cent, of that gi-ade of 
iron which produces the best quality of 
steel. The Menomonee Iron Range, 
which is acknowledged by competent 
judges, to furnish the richest beds of ore, 
and the Penoke Iron Range are both fa- 
vorably situated to Appleton, and each 
range is connected with it by railroads 
and the former by water communication. 
An able writer, in speaking of the man- 
ufacture of iron in the West, has said : 
In the matter of fuel we have only to 
say that our forests of hard wood have 
hardly been touched, and peat beds, in 
embryo, promise everything asked of 
them for the future; and when it be- 
comes necessary, in the course of the 
next decade, to make a balance of lake 
freights heavier from the East to the 
West, we can load the lake crafts with 
coal to smelt our ores at home. If we 
bear in mind that charcoal iron is worth 
from five to ten dollars more per ton 
than that made with mineral coal, and 
also that the supply of timber, which 
can be easily converted into coal, is al- 
most limitless, it will at once become ap- 
parent that the West is the proper j^lace 
to manufacture these ores. During the 
great depression in business for the past 
five years, the Appleton blast furnace 
has heen running constantly, while other 
furnaces which used mineral coal have 
been compelled to cease work. This can 
be accounted for only on the basis of a 
large saving in the manufacture of char- 
coal iron and the higher pi'ice it com- 
mands in the market. There is a wide 
field for capitalists to engage in the pro- 
duction of all kinds of articles, machin- 
ery, etc., for which iron is or may be 
used. The ojoerations of foundries, 
machine shops, car works, rolling mills, 
cutlery factories, agricultural works, and 



various other kinds of establishments 
for the utiUzation of this material, may 
be carried on with greater profit here 
than elsewhere. Many arguments 
might be put forth to show why this city 
is sui^erior to any other in the North- 
west for iron industries, but the follow- 
ing in addition to the above must suf- 
fice, viz. : all kinds of su^jplies used by 
operatives can be obtained here at a 
nominal price. These can be furnished 
at the very thresholds of factories at a 
much less cost than they can at jDoints 
situated in a country poor in agi-icultural 
resources. In the iron districts scarcely 
any kind of food, except vegetables, can 
be raised profltablj^ and the cost of 
transporting supplies thither is a heavy 
drain on the manufacturer. 

COPPER AND LEAD. 

Copper and lead which are both found 
in large quantities in this State and ad- 
joining States, can easily be obtained 
and manufactured here to advantage. 
Either or both of these industries would 
net a handsome return to those engaged 
in the business for the capital invested. 
There are no localities more favored 
than this for the manufacture of copj)er 
and lead, and hence there is no danger 
of being undersold by those engaged in 
the business elsewhere. 

TIMBER. 

Reference has already been made to 
the timber resources at our command. 
For the immediate present there is no 
business enterprise, perhaps, that ■ can 
be engaged in here more profitably than 
that of utilizing the jDroducts of the for- 
est. The belt of timbered country 
stretches away from Lake Michigan 
westward to the jsrairies of Minnesota, 
and from the great prairies of Northern 
Illinois and Southern Wisconsin to Lake 
Suj)erior on the north. A large portion 
of this richly timbered country is now 
the haunts of wild beasts, or the home 
of Indian trappers. In this, as in the 
mineral resoitrces of the Lake Superior 



MANUPACTUEING IN THE WEST. 



15 



Region, nature has been lavish, in her 
gifts, furnishing for the vast prairie 
country south and west a supply of tim- 
ber for generations to come. Appleton 
lies within this timber belt ; and all parts 
of this extensive forest have become ac- 
cessible by rail and water communica- 
tion. Thus it can be brought here eas- 
ily and cheaply, and with the facihties 
of manufacturing, converted into various 
wares at a price which would challenge 
competition, and leave a. large profit on 
the capital invested. 

COTTON. 

It now remains to present one other 
industry for which this city is pre-emin- 
ently fitted, but which has not, up to 
the present time, been introduced. That 
to which we now allude is the manufac- 
ture of cotton. Above attention has 
been called to the facilities of transpor- 
tation, the supply of wood, the quantity 
of provisions and the extensive territory 
that is available for a market, and we 
desire to call the attention of the reader 
to these in connection with this topic 
that he may more fully comprehend the 
relation this city holds as a manufactur- 
ing center to the whole North-west. 
The feasibility of engaging in the man- 
ufacture of cotton will at once appear 
to those who are familiar with the advan- 
tage to be gained by bringing the con- 
sumer and producer together. This we 
claim for this city. There is no uncer- 
tainty about the supply of water or 
factory sites, as will be demonstrated in 
the next article. The cotton raised in 
at least one-half of the Southern States 
can be brought to the Fox Eiver Valley 
at a much less cost than it can be trans- 
ported to the Eastern States. A large 
portion of the cotton crop in the Mis- 
sissippi "Valley is shipped around the 
coast to various points convenient to 
the manufacturing towns, and at certain 
seasons of the year at great risk. Scarce- 
ly a season passes without the loss or 
damage of several cargoes, and the ex- 



pense is again increased by extra insur- 
ance during the stormy weather of the 
fall and winter. The communication of 
this vaUey with the South is much 
shorter, more direct, and less expensive, 
owing to the comparative safety of in- 
land over those of oceanic appliances of 
communication. At certain seasons of 
the year, cotton can be placed upon 
barges at favorable points along the 
Mississippi river, and without a transfer 
landed at the doors of the factories in 
Appleton. Aside from this, the railway 
routes are direct, penetrating the most 
favored cotton growing regions of the 
South. 

The following gives approximately, 
the saving on the transportation of a ton 
of cotton, in favor of Appleton over 
Lowell, Mass., with Chicago as the distri- 
buting point: 

From New Oi-leans to Boston, 2000 
miles Ocean, at $.0025 per ton, per 
mile $ 5.00 

Boston to Lowell, 26 miles, rail, at 
$.03 per ton, per mile ' $ .78 

Lowell to Boston $ .78 

Boston to New York, 390 miles, 
Ocean, at $.0025 per ton, per mile $ .975 

New York to Buffalo, 350 miles, ca- 
nal, at $.006 per ton, per mile $ 2.100 

Buffalo to Chicago, 1070 miles. Lake, 
$.004 per ton, per mile..... $ 4.280 

Total to Chicago $13,915 

New Orleans tx) Prairie du Chien, 1- 
786 miles, river, at $.0029 per ton, 
per mile $ 5.1794 

Prairie du Chien to Appleton, 240 
miles, canal, at $.007 per ton, per 
mile $ 1.6800 

Appleton to Green Bay, 35 miles, ca- 
nal, at $.007 per ton, per mile $ .2450 

Green Bay to Chicago. 310 miles, 
lake, at ,$.004 per ton. per mile $ 1.2400 

Total to Chicago $ 8.3440 

Amount per ton in favor of Apple- 
ton $ 5.571 

The rates of transportation may vary 
somewhat from the above, but the dis- 
tances are practically correct so that the 
difference of transportation would re- 
main approximately as given above and 
in favor of Appleton. If raihoad routes 
are compared it will be found that Ap- 
pleton is a more favorable point than 
Lowell. The distance, by rail, from New 
Orleans to Lowell is 1710 miles and from 
Lowell to Chicago 994 miles, making an 



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aggi'egate of 2704 miles. Again the dis- 
tance from New Orleans to Appleton, by 
rail, is 1091 miles and from Apj)leton to 
Cliicago 200 miles, making a total of 
1291 miles, or a difference in favor of 
Appleton of 1413 miles. Allowing that 
the rates of transportation from New 
Orleans to LoweU, and from the former 
to Appleton are the same, it is evident 
that the latter takes precedence over 
Lowell. But cotton, to be manufactured 
here, can be obtained at points much 
nearer than New Orleans ; for instance at 
Memphis, Tenn., which is still more fa- 
vorable to this city, and in favor of this 
industry being conducted here. 

It is a logical conclusion, therefore, 
from the above facts, that the manufac- 
ture of cotton fabrics with which to sup- 
ply the West can be furnished here 
much cheaper than at the most favored 
localities of the East. It has been dem- 
onstrated by the Janesville cotton mills 
that this industry furnishes a safe invest- 
ment, and returns a large profit to the 
manufacturer. In view of the foregoing 
it must appear to every candid mind 
that the manufacture of cotton goods in 
this Valley is not only f easiblejand prac- 
tical, but that it is an enterjDrise which 
affords a safe and i^rodiactive field of op- 
eration. 

THE WEST. 

In the "West, during the past, manu- 
facturing has not kept pace with the 
growth of agi'iculture. It is obvious to 
all why this should be so. From nearly 
all parts of the civiHzed globe, people 
have come to seek a home, being attract- 
ed by the liberality of the Government 
and the fertility of the soil. Upon ar- 
riving here, they soon discover that the 
tilling of the soil is the most profitable 
investment that can be made of their 
limited means. Hence, while the "West 
is fast becoming the agricultural district 
of the world, the natural facilities for 
manufacturing are lying idle. From 
this standpoint, it will be seen at a glance 



that there is every inducement for the 
investment of capital in the "West, and 
at present no more favorable iDoint than 
Appleton. "VN^ith the la\-ish faciHties na- 
ture has furnished us and the improve- 
ments man has added, this will eventually 
become the manufacturing center of the 
great North "West. 

SUMMER EESOBT, ETC., 

But Appleton possesses other attrac- 
tions than those of a manufacturing 
town. The Fox Eiver Valley is noted 
for its health giving qualities. The cli- 
mate is all that could be desired, being 
free from epidemic andmiasmic diseases. 
The hot seasons are tempered with cool 
winds from the large bodies of lake 
water lying east and south ; the winters 
are invigorating, being gently stimulat- 
ing to the nerves, and bracing to the 
whole organization. The activity and 
enterprise of the inhabitants are suffici- 
ent in themselves to demonstrate the 
healthy state of the climate. As a sum- 
mer resort, Appleton is cue of the most 
favored in the State. The scenery along 
the river is picturesque and constantly 
varying. The sloping banks of the riv- 
er, covered with a beautiful car^jet of 
green or native forest trees; the ravines 
and glens at short intervals, full of na- 
ture's beauties ; the woodland slopes and 
shady bowers with their never wearying 
surprises ; the parks, with their gToves 
of oak or maple and beach, all unite and 
blend in perfect harmony to make this 
city an attractive place to live. It is not 
surpassed for its many deHghtful drives 
into the country, or points of interest to 
yisit by pleasure jiarties. At the west- 
ern extremity of the city is Pierce's Park 
which is situated on an elevated jslateau 
overlooking the river. It has been kept 
in its natural state, and is quite a favorite 
place of resort for j)icnic parties and 
lovers of boating. At the eastern ex- 
tremity is Telulah Park. This park 
contains about twenty-five acres in all, 
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hard wood. The principal entrance into 
the park runs along the river bank, close 
to the water's edge, thus forming a novel 
and pleasant drive. At the end of this 
drive is situated the well known Telulah 
springs. The water of these springs, 
which is crystal clear, pours from the 
hillside into reservoirs about ten feet 
above the river. The capacity of the 
springs is nearly six thousand gallons 
per day. Gustave Bode, analytical chem- 
ist of Milwaukee, found by analysis that 
the water of these springs contains the 
same salts in about the same proportion 
as that of the Bethesda springs of Wau- 
kesha, and like that has wonderful cura- 
tive efficiency in Bright's disease, diabe- 
tes, kidney affections, dropsy, etc.-, etc. 
The springs lie just beyond the foot of 
Grand Chute rapids, and its site is pleas- 
ant and delightful. Terrace drives lead 
fmm the springs to tht top of the hill 
where a fine race course has been con- 
structed. This is situated in a grove of 
native maple, and has already become 
the resort of lovers of the turf. No more 



charming spot can be found in Fox Elv- 
er VaUey for a summer house than this 
park. The river abounds in fish, the 
woods in small game, and the rice marshes 
along the river in wild duck. It is here 
that the sportsman can find a home — a 
field in which to pursue his wonted pas- 
time. The Educational advantages are 
no where surjjassed in the West. It is 
the seat of Lawrence University — a col- 
lege conducted by the M. E. Church for 
the education of both sexes. It has an 
excellent corps of instructors who are 
devoted to their work. The public 
schools are being rapidly improved, and 
to-day they rank high with similar insti- 
tutions of larger and more pretentious 
cities. The churches are all in a flour- 
ishing condition, and hence the morality 
of the town ranks high. The people are 
intelligent and cultivated. Its homes 
are pleasant and cheerful. The hospi- 
tality of the citizens has become pro- 
verbial, and every attention that could 
be wished by those who visit here will be 
extended to them. 



FOX AND WIS. EIVER IMPEOVEMENT. 



THE IMPOETANCE OF THE GREAT NATURAL ROUTE, CONNECTING THE WEST WITH THE 
SEABOARD— A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ENTERPRISE FROM ITS INCEPTION, DOWN 
TO THE PRESENT TIME— THE VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS WHICH HAVE HAD CHARGE 
OF THE WORK— WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND THE PRESENT CONDITION OF 
THE ROUTE -HINTS AS TO WHAT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH FOR THE INDUSTRIAL 
CLASSES OF THE COUNTRY. 



This is the connecting link of a great 
international highway. Commencing in 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it traverses 
the eastern boundary of the Dominion 
of Canada, thence making a circuit of 
the great lakes, it enters the Fox Eiver 
at Green Bay, thence into the Wiscon- 
sin and down to the MississipjDi ; and 
after traversing four thousand miles 



through the interior of the continent, it 
finds its exit in the Gulf of Mexico. A 
more important water highway does not 
exist on the face of the globe. From 
beginning to end, aU along every mile of 
the route, the country is luxuriant and 
fruitful, and inhabited by an industrious, 
intelHgent and prosperous people. The 
commerce of the lakes of late years has 



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FOX AND WISCONSIN EIVEE IMPEOVEMENT. 



assumed immense proportions. The 
money invested in vessels and steamers 
is counted by tlie hundreds of thousands, 
and the commerce of the lakes every 
year adds gTeatly to the wealth of the 
nation. The floating commerce of the 
Mississippi is also extensive, and would 
be much increased could its steamers 
and vessels ascend into the great lakes, 
laden with the frviits and valuable pro- 
ductions of the South, and there ex- 
change them for the rich minerals and 
productions of the North, thus helping 
to bind with the peaceful bands of com- 
merce the extreme sections of the na- 
tion. But the improvement of the "con- 
necting link," to such an extent is con- 
sidered by many impractical, if not im- 
possible. This may or may not be the 
correct view of the subject. With that 
we have nothing to do in tliis connec- 
tion. In any event however, the streams 
connecting the Mississippi with the 
lakes can be irnproved to an extent 
which will prove of great and perma- 
nent advantage to the nation. The gTeat 
imj)ortance of this highway has been 
heretofore underestimated. It has been 
looked upon as a local enterprise, bene- 
fiting only the immediate locality in 
which money was to be expended. This 
was the spirit that led to its abandon- 
ment by the State, and the suiTender of 
the valuable land grant of the Govern- 
ment to the Fox and Wisconsin Im- 
provement Company, in the year 1853. 
The few individuals who carried the bur- 
dens of this latter company, acted with 
great energy and enterprise and, in the 
summer of 1856, the improvement was 
opened, and vessels drawing two or 
three feet of water could pass through 
from the lakes to the MississipjDi. This 
was a great triumph for The Fox and 
Wisconsin Eiver Improvement Company 
and also for the people of the State. 
The original grant to the State for this 
improvement embraced 318,720 acres of 
land, but the State, during the years it 



carried on the improvement, received 
only 131,600 acres. 

The lands remaining unsold in 1853, 
and which were gi-anted to the Fox and 
Wisfconsin Eiver Improvement Company 
by the terms of its charter, amounted to 
about 168,000 acres which were valued at 
about $800,000. 

In 1854, an act of Congress was passed 
authorizing the Governor to select the 
balance of the grant of 1846, to which 
the State was entitled and provided how 
the quantity of land should be ascer- 
tained. 

After the passage of this resolution 
the Commissioner of the General Land 
Office issued a certificate to the Gover- 
nor of the State, authorizing the selec- 
tion of 415,134 acres. In 1856, the 
State granted to the Company these 
lands on the conditions mentioned m 
Chapter 112, general laws of 156. 

Thus, it will be seen that the general 
government granted to the State of 
Wisconsin more than seven hundred 
thousand acres of land, worth at least 
$2,000,000, to help towards the opening 
of this gTeat highway. 

In 1866, The Fox and Wisconsin Im- 
provement Comi^any, its franchises, 
grants and ef ects, were sold out under 
a decree of the Circuit Court of Fond 
du Lac County. The sale took place in 
the city of Appleton, and tho "Improve- 
ment" became the projjerty of the 
Green Bay and Mis.sissippi Canal Com- 
pany. 

This corporation owned this great wa- 
ter route and continued to operate it 
until 1872. For some time previous to 
this date, however, the leading men of 
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and other 
Western States, appreciating the great 
service which this water way was adapt- 
ed to perform for the industrial and ag- 
ricultural interests of the Great West, 
and indirectly for th? whole countiy, 
had been advocating the policy and wis- 
dom of the government taking hold of 



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the enterprise. They argued wisely and 
well that the grand results accomplished 
by the Erie Canal, to-wit : the saving in 
freights to the people of the countiy 
during a single decade, reaching from 
1855 to 186-1, of $123,000,000, could again 
be repeated, in our day, by opening up 
this route to the internal commerse of 
the nation. And they further argued 
that in order to secure to the people the 
full benefits in the way of cheap trans- 
portation which would be sure to follow 
the consummation of the improvement, 
the government should take hold of the 
matter: first, because of the magnitude 
of the undertaking and, secondly, be- 
cause that, in order to secure the results 
mentioned to the people, it should be 
made simply a self-sustaining route rath- 
er than a money-making enterprise. 
The effort thus put forth was brought to 
a successful issue and at the time stated, 
this great water route, together with all 
of the navigable franchises, was trans- 
feired to the government. 

The work of improving the rivers was 
then inaugurated by the government 
and on a scale commensurate with their 
great importance. Liberal appropria- 
tions have been made thus far and -Pidll 
probably be continued until the work is 
accomplished. The following are the 
amounts espended by the government : 

Purchase price $145,000 

1873 appropriation 300,000 

1874 " 300,000 

1875 " 500,000 

1876 " 270,000 

Total .$1,515,000 

We believe the appropriations, thus 
far, have been utilized to the best possi- 
ble advantage. Of course a considera- 
ble amount of repairs was necessa: y but 
it has been the policy of the engineers 
in charge to invest the public funds in 
new and permanent work. 

But Uttle has been expended upon 
the Wisconsin Eiver as yet, first, be- 
cause the plan of permanently improv- 
ing it is, as yet, immature, and, second- 
ly, because it is impracticable to prose- 



cute the work of improvement upDn 
such a great extent of j'oute at the same 
time. 

Upon the Upjper and Lower Fox, 
however, a fine work has been accom- 
plished. And it is in order here to de- 
tail somewhat the improvements made. 
Upon the former section of the river, 
stone locks and dams have been built at 
Eureka, Berlin, Grand Eiver, Princeton 
and White Eiver. This -s^ork is aU of 
the most permanent character and wiU 
never have to be rebuilt. 

On the Lower river, a very large 
f mount of work has been done. We 
particularize the new work accomplished 
up to and during the year 1877 : a stone 
dam at Appleton, a combined stone lock 
at Little Chute; a stone lock at Apple- 
ton; another combined Stone loclj at 
Little Chute ; two stone locks at Kau- 
kauna — known as the 3d and 5th ; dams 
have also been constructed at Cedars, 
Little Chute, Kaukauna, Eapid Croshe 
and Little Kaukauna. 

During the past year, this section of 
the river has been the scene of active 
and extensive ( perations. The most i tn- 
portant undertaking was tht construc- 
tion of a new crib dam at Depere, 1,400 
f ( et in length. The banks of the canal 
haye also been raised at Menasha, Ap- 
pleton, Kaukauna and Depere. And 
sections of the river that required it, 
between the poini s first and last men- 
tioned, have been thoroughly dredged. 
Some of the work of previous years has 
this season been completed — ^principally 
the surmounting of various locks along 
the stream with stone coping. The 
lower dam, m this city, has been thor- 
oughlf repaired and placed in a condi- 
tion to perform good service for quite a 
number of years. A number of old 
locks have likewise been overhauled. 
New miter cills and gates have been put 
in and a variety of other mecessary work 
has been performed. A large force of 
hands has been employed, and their op- 



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erations -will be continued througli the 
winter, qiianying and cutting stone for 
new locks to be constructed hereafter. 

The various operations first inaugura- 
ted necessitated the closing of the river 
to navigation until the commencement 
of the season of 77. But during the 
past two years the route has been opened 
the entire length and vnM continue to 
remain so nereafter during the season of 
navigation. And the extent to which it 
has been utilized in the period mentioned 
indicates the importance of the route 
and argues well for the future. 

The present condition of the channel 
is most satisfactory. A uniform depth 
of 5 feet and 4 inches has been secured 
the entire length, and at no time, during 
the past year, even at the lowest stage 
of water, was its capacity less than this. 

"While it is true that the importance 
of this route to Appleton and adjacent 
towns is manifest and very great, it is 
also of the utmost consequence to the 
producing classes of the great West and 
to the consumers of the East as well. 
It has been computed by high congre'.s- 
ional authority that the improvement 
of the great water way between the 
Mississippi and the Lakes, to an extent 
which is entirely practicable and the 
subsequent utiHzing of it as a Hue of trans- 
portation would save to the people of 
this country $60,000,000 every year. 
These figures may appear extravigant 
but it is not for us to dispute the esti- 
mate which was submitted by the Trans- 
portation Committee, after a thorough 



investigation of the facts. The state- 
ment certainly has some justification in 
the well known results secured by the 
construction and operation of the Erie 
Canal —the aggregate sa\ing, as submit- 
ted by good authority, being over $300,- 
000,000. The improvement of tl e Fox 
and Wisconsin Eivers is simply an ex- 
tension of the Erie Canal, only on a 
grander scale, to the Mississippi Eiver. 
And the country which the former route 
is to serve is vastly gi-eater in extent and 
more productive than the territory tri- 
butary to the latter, when that famous 
channel was constructed. 

But it is needless for us to dwell fur- 
ther upon the importance of this great 
enterprise. That is generally admitted, 
and, as has been seen in the foregoing, a 
considerable start has already been made 
in the way of improving these rivers — 
enough at least to fully commit the gov- 
ernment to the undertaking and to se- 
cure the completion of the work in the 
near future. But even if large invest- 
ments had not already been made for 
this purpose there is enough of merit in 
this water way to secure for it the pref- 
erence over all other similar lines. It is 
by far the shortest of any of the water 
routes connecting the Great West with 
the sea board, and as the result of care- 
fid investigation and comparative esti- 
mates, it has been ascertained that its 
improvement can be accomphshed at 
much less expense. There is nothing, 
therefore, to stand in the way of the open- 
ing up of these rivers, on an extensive 
scale, to the commerce of the nation. 




THE LOWER FOX RIYEH. 



ONE OF THE GBEATEST SOUKCES OK NATURAL POWER ON THE CONTINENT — INDEED, ALL 
THINGS CONSIDERED, THERE IS NOTHING OF THE KIND WHICH COMPARES WITH IT — 
SOME OF ITS SALIENT FEATURES REVIEWED IN THIS CONNECTION — PARTICULAR AL- 
LUSION TO ITS NATURAL SUPERIORITY AND THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH HAVE SERVED 
TO INCREASE ITS AVAILABILITY. 



THE FOX RIVER WATER POWER. 

There is not another stream in the 
western hemisphere which affords aa 
great power within a given space, and 
which is SO reHable, thoroughly availa- 
ble and easily controlled, as the Lower 
Fox River. Before, however, proceed- 
ing to Ireatthe details of our subject, 
as regards Appleton, with which we ha"ve 
especially to do, we may as weU submit, 
for the consideration of the reader who 
may be a stranger to this section, the 
figures, showing the extent of power 
which the Lower Fox River affords in 
this Valley, in its course of less than 40 
miles. Competent engineers have 
placed them as follows and they have 
been amply verified by subsequent cal- 
culations. The height and power of wa- 
ter falls, on the Lower Fox, between the 
points first and last mentioned, a dis- 
tance of less than 40 miles, is as follows : 

Names of places. Feet fall. Horse-power. 

Neenah and Menasha 10 3,000 

Appleton 38 11,500 

Cedars 10 3,000 

Little Chute 38 11,500 

Kaukauna 40 14,500 

Rapid Crosche 8 2,300 

Little Kaukauna 8 2,300 

Depere 8 2,300 



Total 150 50,400 

But it is pertinent to remark that this 
statement of facts does not represent 
the power afforded by the greatest fiow- 
age. They express the quantity of pow- 
er created by the flowage of water, at 
its very lowest stage. Hence, as all cal- 
culations ara made upon this basis, 
there need be no fear, even when its 
fullest capacity is utiHzed, that the re- 
quirements of any industry need be re- 



strained on account of the inadequate 
supply. 

While it is a fact, as will be seen by 
consulting the above figures that other 
contiguous points are highly favored, it 
is nevertheless true that at Appleton are 
combined more advantages than are pos- 
sessed at any other point. At Neenah, 
Menasha, and Depere, the available pow- 
er is almost entirely utilized ; or at least 
there is not enough left to attract any 
very important industries. The aggre- 
gate, as will be seen, is much less at 
either or all of these places, than the river 
at Appleton affords. And at other 
points, where the natural power is even 
greater, but few if any improvements 
have been made to add to its availability. 
At Appleton, as will be seen, in what 
follows, the situation is quite different. 
Here everything has been done, in the 
way of material improvements which la- 
bor could perform or money secure, to 
make the natural power afforded by the 
river highly servicable. The manufac- 
turer who locates here now, therefore 
is reheved from the burdens which 
would be placed upon him in more prim- 
tive localities and which his predecessors 
here also had to bear. 

But we must dismiss these considera- 
tions for the more important work in 
hand, viz., that of submitting such facts 
and figures as that the wonderful power 
at Appleton may be comprehended and 
appreciated by those who are not famil- 
iar with it from personal observation. 

' CAPACITY. 

As indicated in the general table, 



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THE WATEE POWEE AT APPLETON. 



above submitted, the water power at Ap- 
pleton is equivalent to that exerted by 
11,500 horses. A passing glance be- 
stowed upon these figures will not meet 
the expectation of the writer hereof. 
And to have their imjsortance fully un- 
derstood they should receive careful con- 
sideration by the reader. If the same 
power were invested in perishable bone 
and muscle, the fortune of the town 
possessing it would be the source of 
general envy. But, in that form, the 
exerting of so much power, would im- 
ply a large annual consumption. In the 
case of Appleton it is diiferent. All 
that is required is the harness to secure 
fi'om this wonderful agent the vast pow- 
er which it is competent to oxert. Not- 
withstanding the considerable amount 
which is already employed there is yet 
water enough running to waste through 
Appleton to drive all of the machinery 
in the largest New England town. 

EELIABILITY. 

This is the strong point that we never 
omit to urge in connection with the Ap- 
pleton water power. The supply of wa- 
ter in the Fox Eiver is not drawn from 
mountain torrents but is primarily made 
uj) from numberless tributaries, ramify- 
ing a vast expanse of slightly undulating 
ten-itory. In addition to this, at the 
head of the Lower Fox and ujjon some 
of its confluent streams, are numerous 
lakes or natural reservoirs which, com- 
bined, have an immense area. For ex- 
ample. Lake Winnebago alone is 40 
miles long and has an average width of 
at least 12 miles. These lakes receive 
the discharges from the ujiper streams 
and have sufficient cajiacity to contain 
the accumulations for months together. 
The result is that the water powers on 
the lower stream are absolutely inde- 
dendent of both droughts and freshets. 
The flowage is very uniform and the dif- 
ference between high and low water 
mark is never greater than 30 inches. 
We need not suggest the benefit of this 



natural arrangement to manufacturers 
less favorably located, many of Avhom 
have had the accumulations of a life 
time swept away in a single night, and 
others who are obHged to limit or entire- 
ly suspend their operations, two or three 
months in eveiy year, for the want of 
adequate power. 

We have before us an elaborate and 
handsomely executed publication, de- 
voted to the city of Holyoke, Mass., and 
its great water power on the Connecti- 
cut Eiver. The supjjly of this river, 
like that of most of the New England 
streams, proceeds from a mountainous 
country and the fluctuations are, there- 
fore, wonderful in extent— indeed suf- 
ficient to destroy all of the property lo- 
cated ujjon it were it not for the ingen- 
iously artificial means employed to reg- 
ulate it. In one of the illustrations 
which has arrested our attention, we no- 
tice that the machinery required for 
this purpose is gTeat in extent, very 
complicated and expensive. Moreover, 
men are employed, day and night, year 
in and year out, to manipulate it and 
regulate the flow of water — thus guard- 
ing against the dangers arising from sud- 
den and great fluctuations. Upon the 
Lower Fox, nature jDerforms all of this 
labor and with a care and precision 
which are nowhere equalled. And it is 
by reason of these natural characteristics 
that the water power at Appleton is su- 
perior to that at other points and with 
the same demand can be aff'orded so 
much cheaijer, because the cost of con- 
trolling and maintaining it is vastly less 
than ujion f uy other stream. 

ANOTHEK POINT OF IMPORTANCE. 

It is worthy of remark, in this con- 
nection, that the extreme rigor of our 
northern chmate, during the winter sea- 
son, in no way interferes with the driv- 
ing of machinery. Block ice is never 
created in such quantities as to cause 
disturbance or create irregularity in the 
activity of industrial enterprises. For 



THE WATEE POWEE AT APPLETON. 



23 



how few water powers in the same lati- 
tude of Appleton can this claim truth- 
fully be made ? 

AVAILABILITY. 

That this is a feature of great conse- 
quence will be sorecieved without argu- 
ment. Indeed a great power would be 
of little value, if the advantages did not 
exist to control and utilize it. Steam 
had as great power previous to as after 
its discovery, and even after its useful- 
■ ness was known, it would have been of 
little consequence tinless devices had 
been constructed to make it servicable. 
So with water. It would be difficult to 
comprenend the power of Niagaria, but 
still it is of Httle account to human in- 
dustry. The reason, of course, is that 
it lacks in the essential feature of availa- 
bility. But that is what the power at 
Appleton possesses in a pre-eminent de- 
gree. 

For the purpose of enabling the rea- 
der to comprehend more readily what 
we have to say, we herewith submit the 
accompanying map. (Since this map 
was executed, a new dam has been con- 
structed above the upper bridge which 
will be noticed hereafter ; also the pro- 
posed route of the W. C. E. E. has been 
somewhat changed and the "M. L. S. & 
W. E. E., has been extended across the 
river, touching the bank near the upper 
flouring mills. 

In his tracing of the map, the reader 
is invited to assume as the initial point 
of the examination, that section of the 
river which is divided by the upper or 
stone dam. This magnificient structure 
is the work of the government for the 
improvement of navigation upon the 
Lower Fox. It was built in the summer 
of 1874, at a total cost of $50,000. It is 
700 feet long, 12 feet high, and is built 
of solid stone masonry. It is by far the 
most enduring structure of the kind on 
the hne of the river, and, in fact, no bet- 
ter or more substantial one could be 
built. Besides answering the purpose 



of the government, it will also serye as 
a permanent improvement to the water 
power facilities of this place. As will 
be seen, a considerable portion of the 
waters flowing in the main channel is 
directed, by means of the stone dam and 
the adjacent pier on the south side, into 
the canal originally the property of the 
Green Bay and Micsissippi Canal Co., 
but afterwards purchased by the govern- 
ment. The primary object of this arti- 
ficial channel is to subserve the purpos- 
es of navigation, but the supply of wa- 
ter is so abundant that the demands of 
commerce may be met, besides leaving 
a residue of ample magnitude to be util- 
ized in driving machinery of various 
kinds. Accordingly, this canal may be 
tapped on either side, at any point, 
and any amount of water may be drawn 
therefrom that may be desired. It will 
be noticed that the length of the upper 
level is 1800 feet : that the middle level 
1,700 feet ; and that of the lower level 
2,600 feet. The reader will observe that 
a series of water-powers can be furn- 
ished by this channel for a distance of 
over one mile, with an avarage head of 
not less than 13 feet. A canal may also 
be extended several hundred feet below 
the point where the lower lock is situat- 
ed, and a series of magnificent water- 
powers thus be created. The owners 
of the land in this vicinity already 
have such an improvement in contem- 
plation. 

On either side of the government can- 
al are spacious accommodations for fac- 
tory sites, the greater part of the dis- 
tance. The water-power franchises cre- 
ated by this canal, are still in the posses- 
sion and at the disposal of the Green 
Bay and Mississippi Canal Company, by 
which they were retained when the bal- 
ance of the property was disposed of to 
the government. The depth of this 
canal is seven feet, and the avei-age 
width 130 feet. 

There are contained in this Annual 



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THE WATEE POWEE AT APPLETON. 



Eeview of the Post cuts appropriately 
illustrating the upper and lower levels of 
this canal and to which the attention of 
the reader is invited for more definite 
information on the subject. Therein 
are represented certain contemplated 
improvements which will be made as the 
utilization of other powers proceeds and 
the rapidly growing demands of the 
place warrants them. The most excellent 
water power privileges have been and 
can now be leased from the G. B. & M. 
C Co., at rates which are simply nomin- 
al, compared with the prevailing rates 
elsewhere. Indeed we may as well sub- 
mit the astonishing figures in this con- 
nection, to-wit : from $1 to $5 per horse 
power per year, for a long term of years. 
Parties locating upon the banks of this 
channel secure with other advantages 
the most convenient facilities for 
transportation by water to all of the 
principal markets of the east, as well 
as the more important intermediate 
points. 

On the north side of the river similar 
advantages exist, and indeed some of 
the best powers in the city are to be 
found on this side of the river, con- 
tiguous to the stone dam. A very im- 
l^ortant work has been accomplished, 
this year, in enlarging and improying 
these powers, and to which particular 
allusion is made a little farther on. 

LATE IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS. 

During the summer of 1877, a fine 
work was accomplished on the river at 
this point, viz. : the construction of a 
permanent dam, across the river at a 
point corresponding with the central 
part of the city. The utility of such a 
work had long been recognized. Ac- 
cordingly a company was organized, un- 
der the state laws, to proceed with the 
undertaking. It is composed of manu- 
facturers and projDerty owners, on the 
river, specially interested and also of 
quite a large number of our business 
men who gave substantial aid to the un- 



dertaking. Plans were presented and 
adopted and the work of construction 
was at once proceeded with under the 
supervision of Capt. N. M. Edwards. 
The undertaking was accomplished early 
the same season and at a cost of $10,000. 
The dam is 800 feet long and is so firmly 
and securely constructed, as to be safe, 
durable and permanent. The plan adopt- 
ed to regulate the flow of water at this 
point is ingenious and a.dmirable, and 
the tests to which it has already been 
submitted have proved that it is also 
eminently practical. The water way is 
limited to 440 feet and by the system of 
diminishingjit and increasing it to this 
extent has proved to be the very thing 
required. A uniform head is thus pre- 
served and one that varies but a trifle 
the year through, 

The great utility of this dam is that 
it makes permanent, in the heart of our 
city, a magnificent series of powers, 
which had hitherto depended on treach- 
erous and temporary structures. And, 
indeed, it was one of the few important 
undertakings required to render for- 
ever secure and make available, to the 
fullest extent, the means with which na- 
ture has provided us to caiTy on great 
industrial operations. 

THIS YEAR. 

A very important work has been ac- 
complished, during the summer of 1878, 
calculated to perfect our admirable sys- 
of powers as well as to add to their great 
capacity. We may first allude to the 
improvements which have been made on 
the upper power, on the north side of 
the river, near the stone dam. This was 
the joint work of the Ajii^leton Paper 
and Pulp Co., Col. Theo. Conkey and 
the Atlas Pajper Co. This channel has 
been broadened and deepened so that 
its capacity is fully three or four times 
as great as heretofore. Several sections 
of the structui-e, dividing this channel 
from the river have also been rebuilt this 
season — making the entire pier, reach- 




.ST SEEDER ANI 



ATA 



OWER. 



.< 




NT IMPROVEMENTS, IS RI 



.IHE BADGER BROADCAST SEEDER AND CULTIVATOR COMBINED. 



OUR NEW PATENT TOOTH 

AND 



far excel all oUiors 




withoutfearofbeoom- — 

ing clogged with stniw r-i^__^ 

or dirty gralu. 



We guarantee the 
Badger to perform 
as good or better 
\\ork than any other 
macliine in the mar- 
ket. All we ask is that 
it may be tried. 

We manufacture 
the celebrated horse- 
hoe Cultivator which 
IS -without a succes.s- 
ful competitor, and 
the Lord & Peek- 
skill Plows, which 
are known for their 
merits the world 
over. We also manu- 
facture and deal in a 
variety of other ma- 
chinery and imple- 
ments, and can sup- 
ply any want of the 
farming community. 

flppLETON M'f'g Co, 



WITH IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS, IS READY FOR THE RA^RS. 



3 CULTIVATOR COMBINED. 




We guarantee the 
Badger to perform 
as good or better 
work than any other 
machine in the mar- 
ket. All we ask is that 
it may be tried. 

We manufacture 
the celebrated horse- 
hoe Cultivator which 
is without a success- 
ful competitor, and 
the Lord & Peek- 
skill Plows, which 
are known for their 
merits the world 
over. We also manu- 
facture and deal in a 
variety of other ma- 
chinery and imple- 
ments, and can sup- 
ply any want of the 
farming community. 



Ippleton M'f'g Co. 



:ady for the farmers. 



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ing from the north end of the stone dam 
to the Atlas Paper Mills of the most dur- 
able and permanent character. The 
series of water powers in this vicinity 
are among the best to be found anywhere. 
The average head is iviilj 16 feet and 
the supply of water is hmited only to the 
capacity of the river. That they are 
fully appreciated is seen from the large 
amount of capital now employed in man- 
ufacturing at that point. 

The great bulk of the fiowage of the 
river, however, passes over the stone 
dam and down the principal stream. At 
a distance of about 1,400 feet from this 
point, the current of the river is divided 
by Grand Chute Island. Through this 
island, several years ago, Mr. Edward 
West built a ship canal and created mag- 
nificent water privileges which are min- 
utely described elsewhere. 

THE LOWER POWER. 

Below the eastern terminus of "West's 
c«,nal is another dam, about 10 feet in 
height, by means of which another series 
of magnificent water-powers can be creat- 
ed. Some of this power is aheady util- 
ized, but the great bulk of it is still un- 
appropriated. On the eas| side a canal 
may be extended to any desired distance, 
from which power may be drawn. This 
is one of the improvements which is al- 
ready contemplated, by the owners of 
the land adjoining, and will doubtless be 
urdertaken and accomplished within a 
very few years. 

On the west side oi the river a very 
important work has been accomplished 
this season, although it was not under- 
taken until quite late. We allude to the 
canal which has been constructed by 
Messrs Heath & Bro., and which taps 
the main river a little distance above 
the lower dam. This channel which has 
an average width of 25 feet reachs down 
stream 840 feet and upon the river side 
has been created some fine water sites 
and privileges for manufacturing pur- 
poses. The Dickerson Shutter Works 



and the new grist mill, constructed this 
season, will derive their power directly 
from this source. But there is still room 
enough left for several other factories in 
that vicinity. 

WHAT HA.S ALREADY BEEN DONE. 

It is with a good deal of pride that 
we refer, briefly in this connection, to 
what has already been accomphshed in 
utihzing the water-powers of the Lower 
Fox at this place. Indeed the capital 
already invested upon the river is count- 
ed by the millions. And during the 
past two years especially a great deal 
has been accomplished, as is fully set 
forth upon other pages. This fact has 
a peculiar significance, when the point 
is kept in mind that most other towns 
have been retrograding. The only 
adequate explanation which can be 
offered is that the superior advantages 
which Appleton enjoys are becoming 
known and appreciated; and that men 
of means have wisely concloded that, by 
investing their capital here, it can be 
made to yield a much larger revenue 
than at other points or than it can com- 
mand in the way of interest. 

WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? 

That is a question which interests us 
most now. Of course that the utilizing 
of these great advantages wiU proceed 
is apparent, reasoning from the past. 
And that this process will be a rajjid one 
is a rational conclusion, so long as men ' 
of wisdom and far-reaching vision exist. 
As we have shown the places are few in 
this or any other country wliich possess 
the facilities which Appieton enjoys for 
manufacturing on an extensive scale; 
and to say that these will not, sooner or 
later, be utilized to the fullest extent is 
to assume that human stagnation will 
overtake the race. 

now! 

No better time can exist than the pres- 
ent for men of means, not now actively 
engaged, to be casting about for a loca- 
tion. The time is not far distant when 



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there wiU be a general revival in indus- 
trial operations; and when it comes 
those who ai-e prepared for it will be the 
winners. Appleton, as we have shown, 
posseses advantages that are unrivalled. 
The best of power can be leased or pur- 



chased at merely nominal rates, and the 
rhaterials for manufacture are within 
easy reach and can be had in endless 
quantities. And, in a thousand other 
ways, Appleton, as in the past, extends 
an earnest and cordial invitation to come. 



OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 



NOTWITHSTANDING THE HAED TIMES, WE AEE ABLE TO PRESENT A VERY GRATIFYING 
EXHIBIT OF THE OPERATIONS FOR '78 — BY WHICH IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAS BEEN 
A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE PRODTTCT — NEW AND MAMMOTH ESTABLISHMENTS 
ERECTED AND THE OLD ONES ENLARGED AND IMPROVED— THE VARIOUS CONCERNS 
NOW IN OPERApON SOMEWHAT PARTICULARLY REVIEWED. 

PAPER AND PULP MILLS. 

There are but few places in the whole 
country, so thoroughly adaj^ted to this 



INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS. 

As a manufacturing center the city of 
Appleton occupies an enviable rank 
among western towns. And the reader 
who is anxious to ascertain the reason 
why will find ample facts and figures for 
his enlightenment upon these pages. 
That this city, mth its wonderful and 
superior natural advantages, is calculat- 
ed to achieve far greater distinction, in 
this respect, in the near future, is as cer- 
tain as that effect follows cause. The 
past year has witnessed immense strides, 
in the development of our manufactur- 
ing interests. And considering that this 
has been accomphshed at a time before 
the business of the country has been re- 
leased from the universal depression 
which has prevailed during the past five 
years, the progress made has a pecuHar 
and telling significance. The adequate 
explanation may be brieflj^ stated by 
submitting the potential fact that few if 
any towns in the whole country can pre- 
sent the inducements for the investment 
of large capital in manufacturing indus- 
tries which the city of Appleton possess- 
es. 



important industry as the city of Apple- 
ton, But a very few years have elapsed 
since any considerable start was made in 
this direction, but even the intervening 
short period has sufficed to place the city 
a long way ah»ad of any town in the 
state, in this resjject, and we believe 
there are none in the west which surpass 
Appleton as a paper manufacturing cen- 
ter. The cause of this wonderful pro- 
gress is obvious. Here there is plenty 
of pure water, so essential to the manu- 
facture of this class of goods ; ample and 
convenient faciHties for transportation 
and at the lowest rates, by land and wa- 
ter ; and what is of the greatest imjjort- 
ance of aU — an abundance of natural 
power which can be secured at 
prices that constitute but an incon- 
siderable item in the construction ac- 
count of any establishment. As will be 
seen, in the subsequent comments, the 
year 1878 has been a very important one 
for Appleton, so far as the develop- 
ment of the pajjer industry is concern- 
ed. 



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27 



THE ATLAS PAPER MILLS. 

This is the largest establishment of 
the kind in the West and there are none 
in the whole country having greater ca- 
pacity. It has been in operation but a 
couple of months, having been construct- 
ed during the past season. The site oc- 
cupied by these mills is one of the very 
best in the city, it being the same as 
that on which Whorton Bro's. saw mill 
was formerly situated. There is all the 
yard room required and the power is un- 
varying and absolutely unlimited. One 
of the franchies secured by the company 
calls for 500 horse power^probably one 
third more than even this mammoth 
concern will ever require. The build- 
ings are immense. The upright part is 
75x140 feet and the machine room is 
90x120 feet. The latter is two and the 
former three stories high. The build- 
ings are of the most substantial and de- 
sirable character. The foundation is of 
stone and the superstructure is brick. 
The whole is covered with an iron roof 
— making the establishment practically 
fire proof, at least so far as outside ex- 
130sures are concerned. The machinery 
of this concern is of the very best and 
highly improved kind that could be pro- 
cured for this purpose and throughout is 
the product of the MerriU & Houston 
Iron Co. of Beloit. The principal items 
under this head are one large 78 inch 
Fourdrinier, with 36 feet of wire, one 68 
inch thribble cylinder and one 68 inch 
double cylinder and twelve 600 pound 
beating engines. In addition there are 
of course all of the appliances necessary 
for the manufacture of paper on an ex- 
tensive scale and economical basis. To 
make the Atlas Paper Mills the complete 
establishment which they are to-day has 
involved an outlay of $125,000. But in 
the hands of the energetic and exiDeri- 
enced corporation which own and con- 
trol it, there is no doubt that it will 
prove a paying and highly satisfactory 
investment. 



Although the machinery is adapted to 
the manufacture of any grade of paper, 
the product is at present and will pro- 
bably continue to be exclusively manilla 
wrapping paper and maniUa goods in 
general. The material used to secure 
this result is pulp made from pine wood, 
in the manner to be hereafter noticed, 
and jute a vegetable matter imported 
from the East Indies. Of the former 
from 50 to 75 per cent is used, accord- 
ing to the particular grade required. 
The quality of these goods is most ex- 
cellent and will compare favorably with 
the best of the kind in the market. The 
fact is that they have found easy, swift 
and general introduction to the paper 
trade is the best proof that can be offer- 
ed on this point. The capacity of this 
estabhshment is from 10 to 12 tons per 
day. Beckoning the price at 5 cts. per 
pound, which is probably as low as it 
will ever be, and we find that the value 
of the daily product would be from 
$1,000 to $1,200 per day, or about $325,- 
000 annually. 

To do this labor requires a force of 60 
hands — many of whom are workmen of 
skill and experience. From the above 
figures, an accurate idea may be had of 
the magnitude of this industry. 

The Atlas Paper Co. is a stock corpo- 
ration, organized under the general laws 
of the state. The corporators are 
Messrs. Kimberly, Clark, Shattuck and 
Babcock of Neenah and Gen. Averill, 
Col. Stowell, H. M. Carpenter and Mr. 
Wilder of Minnesota. The company is 
officered as follows : 
President. — Gen. AveriU. 

Vice Presidents. — Messrs. Kimberly 
and Carpenter. 

Secretary and Treasurer. — Col. Sto- 
well. 

General Manager.— C. B. Clark. 

The company is one of the strongest, 
financially, in the West. And the men 
who compose it have had large experi- 
ence in the paper business and are lead- 



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OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 



ers in this particular industry. That 
their magnificent enterprise in Appleton 
wiU prove even more profitable than any 
other of their important undertakings, 
neither we nor they have any doubt. 

THE ATLAS CO'S PULP MILLS. 

As ah-eady intimated this establish- 
ment is operated in conjunction with 
the paper miUs, above mentioned, and is 
also the property of the company named. 
It was erected during the season of 1877 
and is one of the most complete pulp 
mills in the country. It is located near 
the government pier, in the Fourth 
Ward, and is connected with the com- 
pany's paper mills, by a bridge on the 
opposite side of the river. The wood 
which this establishment converts into 
pulp is pine exclusively. The process 
of grinding is the same as that used in 
the other miUs, but before this is done 
the wood is thoroughly cooked or steam- 
ed. This gives a better and stronger 
fiber than can otherwise be obtained. 
This plan is a new one, but it has already 
been thoroughly tested and with results 
which leave no doubt as to its perma- 
nent success. The pulp product, thus 
obtained, is the very best as well as 
being the most economical material that 
can be utilized in the manufacture of 
wrapping paper. The estabhshment 
named employs a force of 35 hands and 
the sales for the year 1878 aggregate to 
$60,000. 

THE APPLETON PAPER AND PULP MILLS. 

The business of manufacturing wood 
pulp, by this company was commenced 
about five years ago, but the estabhsh- 
ment of to-day possesses scarcely a sin- 
gle feature of what distinguished it in 
its earHer history. First the old method 
of making pulp was discarded on ac- 
count of its not proving entirely satis- 
factory to the proprietors. Accordingly 
this machinery was removed and the 
necessary facilities introduced for the 
manufacture of print paper. The build- 
ing was more than doubled in size and a 



complete outfit of new machinery was 
put in. 

Since then, this branch of the busi- 
ness has been conducted on a large 
scale. The paper manufactured cannot 
be excelled in quahty. It is now being 
used by many of the largest newspapers 
in the west, and that it fully meets the 
wants of consumers is seen in the fact 
that the full cai^acity of the miUs is 
tested in filling the orders which are 
constantly being received. In the man- 
ufacture of this paper the best class of 
machinery is used, which gives to the 
sheet greater strength and uniformity 
than can be secured from inferior facih- 
ties. 

During Jthe year 1877 a pulp man- 
ufacturing department was added. 
The building was again enlarged and 
new and superior facilites for grinding 
wood were introduced. Of course, aa 
our readers know, the pulp thus ob- 
tained constitutes one of the ingredi- 
ents used in the manufacture of paper. 
When combined with rag pulj), in pro- 
portions varying from 10 to 40 percent., 
an excellent quality of paper is obtained 
and at less cost than otherwise attends 
its production . 

During the past season this Company 
has made numerous important improve- 
ments and indeed these are still in prog- 
ress. It has aided materally in im- 
proving the water power in that vicini- 
ty and on its own account has rebuilt 
portions of the dam or pier in a more 
permanent and substantial manner. 
The channel, in front of the mills, has 
been planked over and a great deal of 
valuable room has thus been acquired, 
This platform has been extended to - 
some extent above the mill so as to cre- 
ate fine dock privileges which will prove 
of great importance. The old boiler 
house and contents have been entirely 
removed and a fire proof structure has 
been erected and new and larger boilers 
have been put in. A ware house has 



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29 



also been erected, at a convenient dis- 
tance from tlie mill, of ample dimen- 
sions to accommodate manufactured, 
goods and the raw materials always re- 
quired. This is situated alongside the 
railroad track and is therefore as conven- 
ient as could be desired. But the most 
important improvement is now in prog- 
ress, by which the capacity of the mills 
will be doubled. An addition is now 
being put up at the east side of the 
main building and when completed an- 
other first-class paper machine will be 
put in. Probably also additional beat- 
ing engines will be introduced as well 
as other facilities which will serve to 
double the capacity. When this project 
is carried out, this estabhshment will be 
one of the largest of the kind in the 
west. It enjoys advantages possessed 
by few paper mills and which ena- 
bles it to do a prosperous business al- 
most regardless of the condition of the 
market. We have dealt with this Com- 
pany for a considerable time and can 
highly recommend it to the fraternity 
elsewhere, as well as to paper dealers, 
as being a very desirable concern with 
which to hold business relations. The 
product of the Appleton Paper Mills for 
the year 1878 aggregates to $200,000.Mr. 
H. J. Rogers is the Secretary and Treas- 
urer of this Company and has entire 
charge of the business here. 

RICHMOND bed's. PAPER MILL. 

The past year has been a very pros- 
perous one for this industry. It began 
the present year under very favorable 
conditions, numerous important enlarge- 
ments and improvements having been 
made the previous year, by which its 
capacity was fully doubled. It was pro- 
vided with a new and complete ou tfit 
of the best machinery and the character 
of the product this year has been, as 
might be expected, among the best to 
be found in the market. As evidence 
of this fact, it is quite worthy of remark 
that, notwithstanding the general de- 



pression in the paper industry, as well 
as otherwise, this mill has been kept 
busy, night and day, to fill its orders. 
Its products are exclusively wrapping 
paper of both straw and manilla grades. 
The books of Ricmond Bro's. show that 
their receipts during the year aggregate 
to $150,000. Of course, the success of 
this firm is largely due to the fact that 
it is composed of practical and experi- 
enced paper makers. They are conver- 
sant with the demands of the market 
and know how to meet them. 

THE WESTERN WOOD PULP MILLS. 

This is one of the most solid and suc- 
cessful of the numerous manufacturing 
establishments in this city. It is also 
one of the "pioneer" pulp mills in the 
country, having been built here seven 
years ago. During thejsucceeding'time, 
with rare exceptions, the machinery has 
been constantly in motion, day and 
night. This has been necessary to meet 
the demands for the pre duct by the yar- 
ious paper mills throughout the West- 
ern States. The pulp is utilized in the 
manufacture of print paper and is of a 
very superior quahty. It is made whol- 
ly out of poplar wood^ — the latter being 
ground while green upon large and rap- 
idly revolving stones designed for this 
purpose. 

This concern has been of great bene- 
fit to the city and county. It furnishes 
employment to 30 hands and creates a 
demand for a kind of timber which in 
most places • is, and in Appleton had 
hitherto, been worthless. Mr.O. W.Clark 
has had charge of these mills ever 
since they started, and the fact that 
their constant operation is attended 
with little or no friction is thus ex- 
plained. 

This establisnment is the property of 
Bradner, Smith & Co., of Chicago, one 
of the largest paper firms in the West, 
and is only one of the numerous and im- 
portant enterprises in which they are 
engaged. They have several large mills 



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at other points and do a heavy maniifac- 
tuiing business. The firm has a very 
extensive paper warehouse in Chicago 
and which is their central distributing 
point. They deal in all kinds of paper, 
from the coarsest to the finest gxades, 
and have an immense trade throughout 
the Great West. We know of no better 
firm nur one that offers as many advan- 
tages to their patrons. They are cour- 
teo\:s and obliging and are satisfied with 
smaU margins. After an experience in 
deaUng with them of upwards of ten 
years, we can heartily and cheerfully 
commend the firm to the craft every-* 
where, as well as to all other paper con- 
summers. They are eminently deserve- 
ing of their success and prominence. 

FLOURING MILLS. 

Few, if any points in the whole coun- 
try are better adapted to merchant mill- 
ing than Appleton. Here we have an 
abundance of power and that of the 
right sort for enterprises of this kind. 
Then the country immediately surround- 
ing and tributary to Appleton is one of 
the finest wheat growing sections of the 
Northwest. The grade of our wheat 
stands high in the best markets of the 
country, and indeed it is not surpassed 
by the similar products of any locality. 
The product of the contiguous territory 
is already quite extensive, but it will 
continue to increase every year as the 
development of the country proceeds. 
In addition to this our relations by rail 
and water with wheat gTowing sections 
in the interior and western jjortions of 
the State, as well as with Minnesota, 
Dakota and the country bordering upon 
the Mississippi, are such that unlimited 
supplies of this cereal can be had. Most 
of oiir mills are ah'eady provided with 
side tracks at their very doors and those 
hereafter to be established can have the 
same advantages. These considerations, 
together with the fact that the rates of 
transportation on lines reaching out into 



the agricultural districts on one hand 
and to the leading markets of the coun- 
try on the other, are as low in Appleton 
as are enjoyed by the manufacturers of 
any other interior town in the conntry. 

THE APPLETON MILLS 

Is one of the oldest establishments on 
our water, having been in continuous 
operation since 1852. Mr. Willy has 
been the propiietor for a number of 
years, and in this direction, as well as in 
other important undertakings, he has 
been eminently successful. But the Ap- 
pleton MiUs of to-day would scarcely be 
recognized as the original concern. The 
building itself has been frequently en- 
larged, its capacity many times increased 
and a gi'eat quantity of new and im- 
proved machinery has been added. 
Something has been done in this direc- 
tion every season, and the past year, es- 
jjecially, Mr. Willy has expended a con- 
siderable sum in making improvements. 
A new set of crushers has been put in 
and th 3 number of purifiers have also 
been increased. Thesi: mills are now 
thoroughly equipped, in every depart- 
ment, and are turning out a very super- 
ior gi-ade of products, of which ample 
evidence is afforded by the ready sale 
with which they meet in the best mar- 
kets of the country. Some idea of the 
magnitude of Mr. Willy's business will 
be had, when we state that his sales for 
the year 1878 will aggi-egate to $150,000. 
Of course the greater part of this im- 
mense product is shipped to eastern 
ports, but Mr. Willy also has a large lo- 
cal trade. 

THE GENESEE MILLS. 

This is one of the largest institutions 
of the kind in the State and there are 
bixt few in the West that have greater 
capacity. It is located in the Third 
Ward and is provided with one of the 
best water powers in the city. The 
building is a mammoth affair, baing 75 
feet square and five or six stories high. 
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accommodate the vast system of ma- 
chinery "which IS in operation. Not a 
year has passed, since Col. Conkey be- 
came the proprietor, but that he has 
made extensive and important improve- 
ments. Indeed it is enough to say, un- 
der this head, that he has kept steady 
pace with the progress which has been 
made in the milling industry of late 
years. Of course those who know any- 
thing about the matter, understand that 
it has been attended with immense 
strides. The evidence of it is seen in 
the superior brands of flour which are 
now used in nearly every household. 
Important improvements have also been 
made in the Genesee Mills, during the 
past season, considerable new machinery 
having been introduced. Col. Conkey 
has also expended a considerable amount, 
this year upon his fine water power — 
adding largely to the capacity thereof 
and to the permanence of the work by 
which it is maintained. The improve- 
ments made have involved an outlay of 
upwards of $3,000. The products of 
this establishment have a reputation in 
the leading flonr markets at the East, 
which but few mills in the country en- 
joy. The Genesee Mills contain eight 
run of stone and the amount of its pro- 
duct for the year aggregates in value to 
$180,000. 

THE OUTAGAMIE MILLS. 

This is one of the oldest manufactur- 
ing establishments in the city. The 
present proprietors, however, did not 
engage in operating it until about two 
years ago. Since that time they have 
thoroughly overhauled it and have made 
some very important improvements. 
During the past year they have increased 
its capacity, to a considerable extent by 
putting m another run of stone — thus 
enabling them not only to do more work 
but to carry on their business to much 
better advantage. The mill is now in 
excellent working order and the charac- 
ter of its products wiU compare favora- 



bly with the best. The proj)rietors, 
Messrs. Cross & Willy, are energetic 
and enterprising men and have devoted 
themselves with great industry to their 
business. The result is that they have 
already built up a fine business. They 
do a large amount of merchant work 
and in addition to this they have a large 
custom trade — their mill having a supe- 
rior location for this purpose. The farm- 
ers are well pleased with the result of 
patronizing this estabhshment and the 
number is very large. The business of 
the firm, during the past year, shows a 
most gratifying increase — their receipts 
for the 12 months now closed aggregat- 
ing to $40,000. 

THE LAWRENCE MILLS. 

This is now one of the leading estab- 
lishments of the kind in Northern Wis- 
consin. In 1877 it was rebuilt, from 
bottom to top, and supplied with a large 
amount of new and improved machinery. 
Its capacity was also, at the same time, 
more than doubled. During the past 
season, two sets of large crushers have 
also been put in, besides considerable 
other machinery of a minor character. 
The Lawrence Mills are now as complete 
in every respect as experienced skiU and 
money could make them. Notwith- 
standing the year '78 has been rather 
unfavorable for the milling industry, 
Messrs. Hauert & Weiland have done a 
large business — their sales for the year 
footing up to $158,000. 

MAXWELL & beard's MILL. 

This establishment was erected on its 
present site, near the third lock, on the 
government canal, during the season of 
1877. It has been operated to a consid- 
erable extent during the past year, but 
a great portion of the time has 
been spent in preparing more thoroxigh- 
ly for the better times which, it is hoped, 
the near future has in store. Another 
run of stone has been added this season 
and important improvements have other- 
wise been made. We expect to hear of 



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the best reports from ^is concern by 
the close of another year. 

BAUM & HUHN'S mill. 

The past season has witnessed the 
erection of this mill, on the lower water 
power. The work of putting in the 
machinery has been in progress for 
some time, and probably as soon as this 
number of the Post is in the hands of 
the reader, the establishment will be in 
complete operation. So far as the ex- 
terior is concerned, the mill is a modest 
looking affair ; but we are assured that 
the machinery will be first-class and that 
its facilities in general will be such as to 
admit of first-class work being done. 
The proprietors are young men, but 
they are energetic and industrious, and 
we have no doubt that they wiU make 
their enterprise a fine success. 



APPLETON FOUNDRY AND MA- 
CHINE SHOP. 

The importance of having a first-class 
foundry and machine shop m our midst 
is something which our manufacturers 
have frequently had occasion to appre- 
ciate. Indeed it can meet their wants 
so perfectly and at short notice, that 
they could not well get along without it. 
It has facilities for doing a very wide 
range of work, from the turning out of 
the simplest casting to the manufacture 
of the heaviest kind of machinery. 

During the past year, the firm lost one 
of its members — Mr. Ketchum having 
died several months ago. His place, 
however, has been supplied by Mr. Henry 
Bergman, a very skillful mechanic, to 
whom his interest has been leased. Mr. 
Morgan the other member of the firm, 
still abides with us and devotes his time 
and superior talents to the business. 
Some time since he invented a paper 
cutter which we desire to especially 
commend to printers. We have had one 
of his machines in use for ujjwards of a 
year and we take pleasure in stating 
that we have never used or seen any- 



thing of the kind which can compare 
with it in efficiency m performing the 
work for which it is designed. It is sim- 
ple, easy to oj^erate, never gets out of 
repair and can be relied upon for the 
most perfect work, at all times. A cut 
of this machine is shown elsewhere and 
printers will consult their interest by 
examining it carefully, and if they have 
need of a paper cutter, by ordering one 
at once. The Post, having learned its 
usefulness, could not keep house, with- 
out a Morgan cutter. 

Notwithstanding the general' depres- 
sion in business, Ketchum & Morgan 
have done a prosperous business the 
past year— their receipts amounting ^to 
$25,000. 

AGRICULTUBAL IMPLEMENTS. 

The success of the Appleton Manu- 
facturing Company, during the few brief 
years of its existance, is somewhat re- 
markable. When they commenced they 
had most everything to contend against. 
In the first jjlace their factory was not 
supplied with any jDermanent or reliable 
means of power, and to secure this re- 
quired a new and important undertaking 
and one involving a considerable outlay. 
The energetic firm addressed themselves 
to the situation and in a short time, by 
the construction of several hundred feet 
of trunk, they secured a splendid power 
and of ample magnitude to answer their 
purpose. Again, in introducing their 
now famous seeder and other implements, 
they were met by wealthy concerns, pre- 
pared and determined to contest every 
inch of advancement by the new firm. 
But the magnitude of the latter's busi- 
ness to-day is the best of evidence as to 
how well they have succeeded. But their 
success was only accomplished by hard 
work, night and day. The members of 
the firm are all jjractical men and thor- 
oughly understand the needs' of the farm- 
er in the way of machinery. Their best 



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He receives new goods every day; therefore 
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Remember that I guarantee to save you 

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goods if you purchase of us. 

Honest and Square Dealing Wins. 

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COME IN AND SEE US. 

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energies were utilized in perfecting their 
seeder and in making it an indispensable 
implement to tlie thoxough farmer. 
That they have succeeded, there is now 
no question among those competent to 
Judge. It has surpassed all rivals in pop- 
ular favor, and is to day the favorite 
machine where it is thoroughly ktown. 
Both as a seeder and cultivator, the Bad- 
ger is complete and' can be relied upon 
to do a great variety of work in a perfect 
manner. We refer the reader to a fine 
illustration of this machine elsewhere. 

The Company also manufactures the 
peerless horse-hoe cultivator which has 
had such a large sale among the farmers, 
throughout the West, for several years 
past. It is adapted to a wide range of 
work and all who have used it find it 
quite indespensable to thorough farming. 
The Company manufactures various oth- 
er implements which we have not space 
to notice and deals in farm machinery of 
all kinds. In fact, their establishment 
is headquarters, in Northern Wisconsin, 
for obtaining supplies of this descrip- 
tion. We can commend the Company 
most heartily to retail dealers and to the 
farmers also, and with it business trans- 
actions will always be found profitable 
and satisfactory. The past year has 
been one of the most prosperous in their 
history — their sales having amounted to 
upwards of $65,000. 



APPLETON STAVE FACTORY. 

This is one of the pioneer manufact- 
uring establishments of Appleton and 
there is probably none which has been 
of greater importance to the city and 
surrounding country. It has always fur- 
nished employment to a very large force 
of hands, all of whom receive cash for 
the work performed. The institution 
has also provided an excellent market 
for timber and its disbursements for this 
purpose, every winter, among the farmers 
of the adjacent towns, have proved of 
great advantage to them. The products 



of the estabHshment consist entirely of 
flour barrel stock. The proprietors also 
have another factory at Kaukauna which 
is operated on an extensive scale. Their 
stock enjoys a splendid reputation,jwhere- 
ever it is known, and while they have a 
large local trade among our millers, the 
principal part of their sales is made else' 
where in Wisconsin and throughout oth- 
er Western States'. 

Considerable improvements have been 
made in and about this factory the past 
season and it is now thoroughly equipped 
for the demands of a busy year. 

Messrs G. W. Spaulding & Co., which 
is one of the very best firms on our riv- 
er, inform tis that their gales for '78 
amount to $50,000 They have a regular 
force of 40 hands employed. 



APPLETON CHAIR & BEDSTEAD 
FACTORY. 
There is scarcely an establishment in 
this city which is of greater importance 
nor one which is doing more to spread 
our reputation abroad, as a manufactur- 
ing center, than the Appleton Chair and 
Bedstead Factory. Until a comparitive- 
ly recent date the products of this in- 
stitution consisted wholly of the more 
common articles of furniture, but latter- 
ly a new and very important departure 
has been made, viz : the manufacture of 
the very finest class of furniture, adapted 
to use in counting room, the private resi- 
dence, the public hall and in fact every 
place where a superior article is required. 
To enable the company the better to 
carry out its plans, the services of a 
most skillful designer and worker in 
wood was employed, in the person of Mr. 
Thos. Hill. Other competent workmen 
were also engaged, specially adapted to 
certain departments and to perform the 
most excellent kind of work. New ma- 
chinery was also introduced and other 
important improvements made to enable 
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signs. The experience of the company 
in introducing the products of this branch 
of their business has been most Satisfac- 
tory. Numerous stores and society halls, 
here and eleswhere, have been supi^lied 
with most elaborate outfits of furniture, 
and it is not too much to say that in or- 
iginality and elegance of design, as well 
as in the beauty and perfection of work- 
manship displayed, the work which this 
establishment has turned^out is no where 
excelled. The Company is prepared to 
turn out the very best work in the line 
of walnut, oak and ash chamber suits, in 
the most po^Dular designs, and secretar- 
ies, mantels, side-boards, etc. We can 
assure our readers who contemplate pui'- 
chasing any of this class of articles that 
they can better be satisfied, with less 
money, at this factory than at any other 
establishment in the country. 

Of course the manufacture of more or- 
dinary furniture, including cane and 
wood-seat chairs, is continued by the 
company and on a large scale. It is 
needless to commend these goods for 
they are generally known throughout 
the West as being the best products of 
their class now manufactured. Retail 
dealers have found by experience that 
they can handle these goods with advan- 
tage and profit. 

This company, of which Mr. Jas. F. 
Atkinson is the Secretary, Treasurer and 
business manager, employs a force of 80 
hands and the receipts of its business 
for the year 1878 amount to $45,000. 



PUMPS. 

The Appleton Pump Factory is locat- 
ed on the Second ward water power and 
has been in operation since 1863. Mr. 
T. W. Brown is the proprietor and is 
one of our solid business men, financial- 
ly and otherwise. He manufactures va- 
rious styles and sizes of pumjjs and they 
are known to be among the very best in 
use. His factory is thoroughly equip- 
ed with maclynery and his business is in 



a prosperous condition. He has a large 
local trade and elsewhere, in Northwest- 
em Wisconsin, as well. During the past 
year he has introduced some new ma- 
chinery which adds considerably to his 
manufacturing facilities. Mr. Brown al- 
so deals quite extensively in lightning 
rods and handles the very best products 
of the market. His factory is located on 
the second Ward Water Power. 

SASH, DOOR AND BLINDS. 

The factory of which Messrs. Briggs 
& Beveridge are now the proprietors 
was established many years ago. Nume- 
rous important changes, however, have 
been made. The present spacious and 
substantial building was erected in the 
Spring of 1873 by Mr. Briggs. Some- 
what later a partnership ^-as formed be- 
tween him and Mr. Wambold. During 
the season of 1877, the latter gentleman 
retired, disposing of his interest to Mr. 
Beveridge. During the same year nu- 
merous and important improvements 
were made which added largely to the 
facilities of the firm for doing business. 
Although trade has been generally de- 
pressed, during the year which has now 
just closed, this firm has had quite a 
prosperous trade. They have not only 
met all demands upon them but have 
shipped largely of their proditcts to va- 
rious other outside points. Their goods 
are very superior in quality and we can 
commend them heartily to retail dealers 
and dealers generally. The fir tn employ 
a force of 20 hands and do an annual 
business of $50,000. 



BRICK, LIME, ETC. 

J. H. MAESTON & CO. 

This firm is successor to C. E. Fisher 
& Co., having bought out the old firm 
last month. They propose to continue 
in the manufacture of lime, at this point, 
and to handle building materials gene- 
rally. The new company is now even 
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to meet the public demands. They 
have put up another kiln this fall which 
•will double the capacity of their works. 
The most skilled and experienced help 
that could be procured is in the employ 
of the new firm, and no pains or expense 
will be spared to meet all demands in a 
prompt and satisfactory manner. 
Marston & Co. will also deal in stone 
and mason's building materials in gene- 
ral. They have an excellent quarry at 
Clifton, the products of which are un- 
surpassed. It will be the aim of this 
firm to offer such inducements to the 
public as they cannot afiford to overlook. 
And it will be for the advantage of all 
to patronize them when in need of any- 
thing in their line. 

H. W. CARTEB 

has had a busy season at his brick yards, 
just outside of the city, on the banks of 
Lake Buttes Morts. He makes the best 
quality of brick ever used in this city. 
The are perfectly formed, have a uniform 
and rfigular surf are and are very durable. 
Mr. Carter has had long experience in 
this line and is a skilled and practical 
brick-maker. The product of his yards, 
during the past season, amount to 700,- 
000 brick, most of which have been util- 
ized in this locality. 



TANNEEIES. 

PFEIFEE & CO. 

The tannery now owned by this firm 
is one of the oldest establishments on 
our water power. Not until August, 
1877, however, did the present proprie- 
tors come into the possession ( f it. But 
since then it has been operated as it 
never had been before— to the fuU ex- 
tent of its capacity and with an energy 
which characterizes an experienced and 
practical firm. During the past year and 
a half, while a very large business has 
been done, the proprietors hav^e devoted 
a good share of their time to overhauling 
the establishment. So thorough has 
been their work, that there now remains 



but Hitfcle to be done. The tannery is 
now in excellent shape for doing busi- 
ness. The buildings have been largely 
repaired and a quantity of new and im- 
proved machinery has been put in by 
which the facilities have been improved 
and the capacity enlarged. Accordingly 
the business performed the past season 
is much greater than during any previ- 
ous year of its history. The firm, Messrs. 
Pfeifer & Co., have a large leather house 
in Chicago, where the product of their 
Applet on factory is marketed. 

KAMPS & FEIEUNDS TANNERY. 

is located on the government canal, near 
the third lock. It is somewhat limited 
in its capacity, but is doing considerable 
work, notwithstanding. It is very well 
provided with machinery and other fa- 
cilities for manufacturing and the quali- 
ty of its products commands for them a 
ready market. 



lEON-MAKING. 

THE APPLETON FURNACE. 

The fact that the iron furnace in this 
city is one of the few put of the whole 
number in the United States now in op- 
eration, is good evidence (1,) that the es- 
tablishment is being well managed and 
(2) that this point has advantages which 
few others enjoy. The cost of power is 
a mere nothing and the fact that the 
enormous freights are taken and deliv- 
ered at the very yards of the estabHsh- 
ment is a consideration involving gxeat 
economy. Indeed these are probably 
the secrets which enable it to operate 
while others are obHged to close. This 
furnace turns out the very best grade of 
charcoal pig iron, and when there is any 
demand at all, it meets with a ready 
sale. 

The Company has a large force of 
hands in its constant employ and the 
receipts of its business for the year 1878 
will amount to $120,000. 

H. D. Smith, an experienced iron 
manufacturer, is the 'Secretary and Treas- 
urer of the Company. 



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LUMBEE. 

During tlie early part of the past year, 
Messrs. Wborton Bro's, one of our heav- 
iest lumber firms, having become largely 
interested elsewhere, disposed of the 
site on which their saw mill was located 
and it is now occupied by a more impor- 
tant enterprise. They also sold out 
their lotock on hand, with their good 
will, etc. to 

MESSRS. KAMSAY & JONES, 

a firm of enterprising young men, who 
are now supplying and will hereafter 
meet all demands for lumber, in this lo- 
cality, which amounts to a very extensive 
trade. They have most excellent facili- 
ties for this pui-^jose. They have a large 
tract of land in the "Menomonee dis- 
trict," covered with the very best of 
pine. They also have mills of great ca- 
pacity, so situated that they can be 
reached from this place by both rail and 
water, and the products of which can be 
delivered here at the least possible ex- 
pense. Their yards are located on the 
flat, just south of Grand Chute Island, 
and between the railroad and the govern- 
ment canal. They have been very busy 
the past season putting in a stock of 
lumber so extensive as to be fully up to 
the demands of the city and surround- 
ing country. They engaged in business 
here last June and since then they have 
had a very handsome trade. The de- 
mands upon them are growing and will 
no doubt continue to increase. They 
carry a stock which enables them to fill 
any order, and the people appreciate the 
fact that their facihties are such as to 
enable them to undersell dealers less fa- 
vorably circumstanced. 

ROSE & HEATH. 

This is one of the old, as it is also one 
of the solid firms, engaged in manufac- 
turing on the river. They have always 
commanded a Hberal share of the local 
trade and have also exported largely to 
other points. Their mill is located on 
the lower water power. The past year, ' 



however, has been a most unfavorable 
one for them, and they have done but a 
limited business, compared to that of 
previous years. On account of the en- 
tire absence of snow last winter, they 
were unable to get in any stock, and the 
consequence was that their operations 
were very much abridged. However, 
with a favorable winter, this year, they 
will doubtless do a large business the 
coming season. They manufacture hard 
and soft lumber, a variety of wagon 
stock and broom handles. 



HUBS AND SPOKES. 
There is no better i:)lace for the manu- 
facture of wagon stock, on a large scale 
than Appleton. The forests immediate- 
ly surrounding abound in the very best 
grade of timber, and the experience of 
our manufacturers during the past sea- 
son also demonstrates the fact that, by 
means of accessible railway lines and 
water courses, a large section of country 
can be drawn upon, at any time, for the 
necessary suppUes. Moreover the ad- 
vantage of cheap transportation, for 
manufactured stock, as well as raw ma- 
terial, here obtains, and of course the 
best of water power privileges can be 
had. 

THE APPLETOX HUB AND SPOKE FACTORY. 

This is one of the oldest industries of 
the kind in this part of the state and it 
has also been one of the most success- 
ful. But it has never had a more pros- 
perous year than the past one has proved 
to be ; and this, too, notwithstanding the 
indications at the beginning of the sea- 
son were anything but encouraging. It 
is true that the market promised fairly 
but the winter of '77-'78 was most unfa- 
vorable for securing a stock of timber. 
The entire season brought not a single 
day of sleighing, and to the ordinary ob- 
server the prospect appeared most 
gloomy. However, Messrs. Marstou & 
Beveridge did not propose to siiccumb 
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of depending wholly upon the home sup- 
ply, they arranged for stock at various 
outside points, touching the rail and wa- 
ter lines of transportation, reaching out 
from this city. The result was that they 
secured a splendid stock of timber — 
fully equal to any which they had ever 
purchased at their factory, and at no 
greater cost. Having settled this point 
in their favor, a vigorous season of man- 
ufacturing at once began. Orders com- 
menced to come in thick and fast and 
every part of their facilities had to be 
brought into requisition to meet these 
orders. And ^the demand upon them 
was no spasmodic affair. The year has 
continued to the close as it opened and 
their establishment has been kept busy 
the entire year to meet the requirements 
of the market upon them.* And not- 
withstanding their stock was much larger 
than common, it was all utilized earl- 
ier than usual. Although the success of 
the year may be accounted for, to some 
extent, upon the improvement of the 
market, in their line, yet this does not 
wholly explain the facts. The products 
of this establisment have an enviable 
reputation among the wagon manufact- 
ures of the west and if there is any de- 
mand at all, this firm is among the few 
who can take advantage of the oppor- 
tunity. They make it a point to buy 
nothing but the very best of stock and 
their facilities for manufacturing are 
such as to enable them to show the best 
results obtainable. The sales of this 
firm, during the past year amount to a 
very gratifying increase over those of 
the previous year — footing up, as they 
do, to $55,000. Marston & Beveridge 
contemplate material enlargements 
another year which will add considera- 
bly to their capacity. 

BHiLINGS & MORKISON'S FACTOBY. 

During the year which is now closed, 
this has been one of the busiest estab- 
lishments on the whole river. Antici- 
pating a a liberal demand for their prod- 



ucts early in the year, this firm, on ac- 
count of the unfavorableness of the pre- 
vious winter, abandoned all hopes of 
securing their yearly stock from the 
immediate locality, and made ample ar- 
rangements for an adequate supply of 
timber at various outside points. And 
their sagacity has proved of great advan- 
tage to them. Indeed they have never 
before witnessed so prosperous a year as 
the past hS.s proved to be. As the most 
gratifying evidence of this fact that can 
be introduced, we may state that their 
product of the previous year has more 
than thribbled. They had the advan- 
tage of beginning the year, with a most 
excellent reputation for their products 
throughout the west, and the ' result has 
been that they could not possibly fill the 
orders which crowded m upon them 
from time to time. Their receipts for 
the year aggregate to $25,000. This, as 
against $8,000 for 1877, is surely as flat- 
tering an exhibit as could be expected. 
The prospects of the firm for the com- 
ing year are also very encouraging. 

GEO. KREISS' HUB AND SPOKE EACTOBY 

is located on the government canal and 
is one of the oldest institutions of the 
kind in this part of the State. Its pro- 
ducts consist of wagon stock in general, 
including hubs, spokes, fellces, etc. The 
best of material is used to supply the 
factory and as the process of making is 
thoroughly performed, the product finds 
ready sale in the best markets through- 
out the West. In common with others 
in his line, the past year has proved a 
very prosperous one to Mr. Kreiss. 



GENERAL MACHINE WORK. 

During the past year. Hart & Page 
have put up a small factory and equipped 
it with suitable facihties for making all 
kinds of repairs and doing general ma- 
chine work. A satisfactory success has 
attended their eff"orts, thus far, and we 
have no doubt the firm will continue to 
prosper in the future. 



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APPLETON WOOLEN MILLS. 

This has proved one of the most in- 
dispensible, as it has been one ol the 
most prosperous estabhshments, on the 
line of Fox River. To the farmer in 
this community and neighboring coun- 
ties as well has it been of great value, 
and with whom it has always sustained 
intimate i-elations. It receives his wool 
product at the highest cash price and 
furnishes him with goods, adapted to 
his uses, upon which he can rely as be- 
ing superior in every respect. The city 
also has occasion to appreciate its great 
importance. It furnishes employment 
to 118 opei-atives and disburses in wages 
every year upwards of $17,000. At thesa 
times, when tho supply of all kinds of 
labor exceeds the demand to such an 
extent, the benefit of an industry of this 
kind to the community which imme- 
diately surrounds it, can hardly be over- 
estimated. 

It is a most gratifying fact that, not- 
withstanding the general depressioil 
which prevails in business, and the 
specially unfavorable time for i he man- 
ufacture of woolen fabrics, the Appleton 
Mills have seen biit few idle days dur- 
ing any of the recent years. Of course 
there is an adequate cause for this sur- 
prising activity. First, the superior 
business management of the concern 
has a great deal to do with its success. 
It is wholly in the hands of young men, 
but during their brief career, they have 
shown remarkable enterprise, tempered 
with prudence and foresight which is a 
rare business virtue, even among men 
who are their seniors by many years. 
These young men have applied them- 
selves to business with faithfulness and 
determination, and the result is that 
their efforts have been crowned with a 
fine success. Their jjolicy radically dif- 
fers from that of most manufacturers in 
their line in the West. Rather than to 
dtpend ujjon retail dealers for their jmt- 
ronage, which is somewhat precarious at 



best and is attended with more or less 
losses, this firm has disposed of its en- 
tire product to the leading jobbers in 
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo, 
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. 
Of course their profits on a given 
amount of goods are much less on this 
account, but in the end they are the 
gainers, as there is but little or any los- 
ses to be charged tip at the end of the 
year. Of course this arrangement with 
wholesale dealers could not obtain, un- 
less the products of this factory were 
first-class in every respect. But that 
such is the case is evident from the fact 
that the jobbers who once secure their 
handUng are always i nxious to continue 
the arrangement. Indeed, woolen fab- 
rics which present the brand "standard" 
have the mdst ready passport to popular 
favor. 

The products of the Appleton Woolen 
Mills consist of all woolen flannels, knit- 
ting yarns, balmovals, clouded, fancy 
colors and plain. 

The books of Hutchinson & Co. show 
that they have consumed 200,000 pounds 
of wool during the year 1878 and that 
their receipts for this period foot up to 
$125,000. We feel like specially congrat- 
ulating this firm on the suecess of the 
past year. 

DICKERSON SHUTTER WORKS. 

This is a new industry in Appleton, 
the works having been constructed, dur- 
ing the past year. The product consists 
of a new kind of fixtures for outside 
window blinds and which are certain to 
have a widespread sale when their mer- 
its become known. The utility of the 
fixtures consist of affording to the occu- 
pant of a room perfect control of out- 
side blinds, without raising the window. 
The blinds can be either wholly or par- 
tially opened or closed, and locked se- 
curely at any j^oint. The slats can also 
be adjusted so as to admit of any vol- 
ume of light desired or it can be exclud- 



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39 



pd entirely by closing them, all of which 
can be done by simple movements of the 
interior attachment. The resulting ben- 
efits are many and need not here be 
enumerated. We feel certain that this 
device will meet a want long felt and 
that, ere long, it will become immensely 
popular throiighout the country. We 
take pleasure in calling attention to the 
announcement of the Company else- 
where, which is also accompanied with 
an illustration explaining, to some ex- 
tent, the invention of which we have 
spoken. 



HOESENAIL WOEKS. 

The enterprise of manufacturing horse 
nails was started in this city, about one 
year ago. While a very considerable 
amount of manufacturing has been done 
during the intervening period, a good 
deal of time, as might be expected, has 
been employed in laying the ground 
work for extensive and permanent oper- 
ations. We are very much pleased to 
be able to inform our readers that the 
enterprise is now thoroug hly established 
and in operation to the full extent of its 
capacity. Indeed we may say that this 
has been the case since August last, at 
which time the work of putting in new 
and improved machinery w£ s completed. 
The Company, here engaged, manufac- 
tures one of the very best nails in the 
market. If evidence of this statement 
is wanted, we may submit the faci that 
it meets with ready and rapid sale where- 
ever introduced. This is an unusual 
thing with the products of any new es- 
tablishment, and especially with horse 
nails. ■ The consumers of these goods are 
unusually prejudiced in faror of some 
weU known article, having an established 
reputation ; but a few months have suffic- 
ed for the Champion nail to force its 
way into conspicuous and popular favor. 
Indeed the works have been running 
night and day for the two or three 
months past, and at the present time are 



at least four weeks behind in filling their 
orders. On account of this most gratify- 
ing demand for their products, the Com- 
pany will double the capacity of the 
works about the 10th of January, 1879, 
and are now making arrangements ac- 
cordingly. The unmistakable evidences 
now are that this industry will soon de- 
velop into one of the most important in 
this valley. This company is composed 

of thorough, experienced, and practical 
business men. The officers thereof are 
as follows : 

Presidents. M. Dorr, Eutland, Vt. 

Se&y and Treasurer — Wm. H. Steele, 
Appleton, Wis. 

Superintendent — E. F. Decker, Ap- 
pleton, Wis. 

General Agent — Wm. E. Dorr,Apple- 
ton, Wis. 



FANNING MILLS, ETC. 

John Clapper does a snug business 
in the manufacture of fanning mills and 
milk safes, both of which articles are 
highly thought of. His factory is located 
north of the depot, m the fifth ward. 



KECAPITULATION. 

To present in a succinct form, and as 
a matter in which we know very many 
of our readers will be interested, the 
business transacted by the Appleton 
manufacturers during the year of 1878, 
we herewith submit a recapitulation of 
the facts and figures above presented in 
detail. As will be seen the result shows 
a most gratifying increase over the ex- 
hibit which we were able to make,in our 
last Annual Eeview. This fact speaks 
louder than words of the steady progress 
which Appleton is making towards a dis- 
tinction as a manufacturing center which 
few cities can hope to rival. 

Nc. hands Product for 

employed. theycar 

Farming Implements, 20 65,000. 

Furniture, 80 45,000. 

Flour, 43 548,000. 

Hubs and spokes, 45 75,000. 

Iron, ■ 55 120.000. 

Lumber, 17 63,000. 

Leather. 22 . 31,000. 

Lime Brick, etc.. 10 15,000. 

Machinery 15 25.000. 

Pumps, 3 8,000. 

Paper (Print & Wrap) 185 410,000. 

Staves and Heading. 45 50,000. 

Sash, Doors and Blinds. 20 50,000. 

Woolen Goods, , 118 125.000. 

Wood Pulp. 65 150,000. 

Others. 30 55,000. 

Total, 



743 .$1,835,000 



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FOUBTH ANNUAL REVIEW. 



THE APPLETON POST. 



ANNUAL REVIEW. 



A GKNO WLEB GEMENTS. 

It is proper that our acknowledgments 
should accompany this issue of the Post 
to our manufacturers, merchants and 
business men generaUy for the substan- 
tial encouragement which we have re- 
ceived at their hands. Indeed, it is only 
by their hearty co-operation that we 
have been enabled to make the Post 
what we believe it is to-day, viz., the 
most complete work of the kind ever 
undertaken by any country newspaper 
in behalf of the locality in which it is 
jjublished. We, therefore, feel grateful 
to all persons upon whom we have drawn 
for favors and information, the result of 
which is presented upon these numerous 
pages. 

Our special thanks are also due to 
Mrs. Stansbury, for her charming and 
appropriate contribution contained on 
the opposite page ; and to W. J. Allen, 
Esq., and Prof. Hyde who have rendered 
us very important aid in the jjreparation 
of this work. We have Hkewise drawn 
heavily upon our efficient City Clerk, P. 
J. Cirkel, for the facts and figures pre- 
sented under the "municipal" head, and 
upon Prof. Schmidt, Dr. Randall and 
Edward West for other favors. Finally, 
to one and all to whom we are indebt^ 
ed, we would express our cordial thanks 
for numerous favors and courtesies re- 
ceived. 

OUR ANNUAL REVIEW. 
This is the fourth occasion, on which 
the Post greets its numerous readers, in 
the city, county and elsewhere with its 
Annual Review. We shall not attempt 
to conceal the i^ride with which we pre- 
sent this number, for that would be a 



spurious and absurd modesty. But we, 
trust this feeling is not peculiar to our- 
selyes. Indeed, we have faith to believe 
that our readers and the people general- 
ly will peruse these pages with a gratifi- 
cation somewhat akin to that which we 
have experienced in their preparation. 
Our patrons certainly have more inter- 
est in the contents than we have any 
right to assume. It is devoted, in a gen- 
eral way, to the making known of the 
great resources and advantages of Ap- 
pleton, in which their material interests 
and prospects are embraced. A consid- 
erable portion of the space is also occu- 
pied in the reviewing of individual en- 
terprises, in which the peojDle whom the 
Post aims to serve, are directly con- 
cerned. In short, it has been our ambi- 
tion to leave no subject untouched 
which would naturally come within the 
scope of an undertaking of this kind, 
and we have endeavored to make tl is 
number such as will be received with in- 
terest at home and as can be distributed, 
with good results, abroad. 

In collecting the facts and figures 
which form the basis of the work dis- 
played on these pages, the utmost care 
has been exercised, and if for no other 
reason, we must be permitted to com- 
mend the conclusions reached as being 
significant for their rehability. The im- 
portance of this feature, both for home 
and foreign consumption, cannot be 
overestimated, and this point we have 
kept steadily in mind. 

We have faith to believe that the work 
and progress of the year, detailed and 
summarized in these columns, in a man- 
ner easy to comprehend, will be a source 
of extreme satisfaction to every resident 
or friend of the city or county. That 
our prosperity and develoj)ment are thus 
indicated, no person who will examine 
the evidence can deny. Indeed, as here- 
in appears, the magnitude to which our 
material interests have attained, is a sub- 
ject upon which our people may well ex- 



OLD AND NEW. 



41 



change hearty congratulations ; and thiat 
it will attract some attention throughout 
the country, is a result reasonably to be 
expected. It is proper to suggest here, 
and worth while to bear in mind, that the 
result achieved is not in consequence of 
general activity but rather the fruit of 
enterprise and advantages peculiar to 
this locality. 

That the custom inaugurated by the 
Post, a few years ago, of annually re- 
viewing the progress, events and busi- 
ness of the past year is attended with 
wholesome results is a proposition which, 
we are assured, has the cordial assent of 
our readers in particular and the general 
public as well. That the form in which 
this work is, this week, presented will 
l>e specially acceptable, we have no doubt 



whatever. It meets the convenience of 
the reader, as a cumbersome sheet could 
not ; and, as it is more easily preserved, 
the resulting benefits are likely to be 
more permanent than could be secured 
in the newspaper form. It is our inten- 
tion to contimie this method hereafter, 
so that, when three or more are issued, 
they can be bound m one volume, by 
those who may desire, for permanent 
reference in the future. 

And now, with this brief introduction, 
we submit our Pourth Annual Eeview 
to our readers — leaving it with them to 
criticise its defects and, if it appears 
worthy, to approve of its merits. But, 
whatev-er be the tendency of their com- 
ments, we wish one and all "A Happy 
New Tear." 



OLD AND NEW. 



JANUARY I St, 1879 



"Dut-worn at last, with all his race the old year goes to rest ; 

His hands are folded wearily across his gallant breast. 

No friend could wish him back again, of all who loved him best. 

He heard the storm of battle rave beyond that storied main. 

Whose calm tides beat the shore that owned the haughty Caesar's reign ; 

And saw, along the Eastern sky, the fiery Crescent wane. 

Yet not from Plevna's fortress walls, where cannon-thunders beat ; 
And not from pass or dim defile, where Turk and Northmen met ; 
Nor crimson field where, heart to heart, their bayonets were set ; — 

Nor yet from bloodless strife of courts, where hostile powers arrayed 
Of subtle wit and eloquence, unsheathed the glittering blade, 
And turn of phrase or stroke of pen, an empire marred or made; 

But where, above our native land death's shadow settled down, 
And wave on wave of anguish rolled from smitten town to town. 
He called his peerless heroes forth to wear a martyr-drown — 

Oh ! on the field where Freedom's flag is waving proud and high, 
And thunder-peals of victory rend all the lurid sky. 
With fame's elixir at the lip, men may not fear to die ! 

But these, with kiss of wife and child yet clinging warm and sweet, 
From happy doors of Northern homes, went forth with steady feet 
To face the fever-death that walked, unstayed, the Southern street. 



42 OLD AND NEW. 



Fearless they breathed the tainted air from poison fountains fed, 
And saw, like Moloch carved in bronze, the sun glare hot and red 
Above the dying side by side with yet unburied dead. 

Through midnight -watches dread and deep, in many a noisome room, 
They grappled with the spectral hands that clutched them in the gloom 
Unbroken by one dawning ray across the skies of doom. 

The hands that spared not brother's blood, at Liberty's behest. 

Grew tender as a mother's now, above her darling's rest. 

Till hearts, the sword could ne'er compel, love's mastery confest. 

Ah ! dearer than to pilgrim feet is holy Mecca's shrine, 

Shall be the graves of those who fell in service so difine ! 

Their children's children's lips shall boast a more than royal line ! 

So, from the foulest reeks of death, hope's snowy lilies grew ; 

And love, though late, the pearl of peace from deeps of suffering drew ; 

And on the ruined Old arose the temple of the New ! 

Why does the New Year come in winter time. 
And wrapped in mantle -^vhite of fleecy snow ? 
His greeting song alone the stormy rhyme 
Of gales that through the leafless branches blow ? 

Can streamlets sing when all the flowers are dead ? 
Or skies be glad whence birds have flown away ? 
The sunbeam for the rose be comforted ? 
Or lonely hearts keep winter holiday ? 

Ah ! my heart, with all thy learning, art thou still so slow discerning 
Joy of hope than joy of having more complete ? 
Better first are tears than laughter, for the comfort waiting after. 
And the song that ends the sighing is more sweet ! 

So the New Year in his bosom hides all spring-time, bud and blossom, — 
Summer lights asleep on land and sea, — 

Autum's misty, purple splendor, — moons of harvest large and tender, 
Climbing slowly up the skies to be. 

All the birds shall pipe before him, and a cloudless heaven shine o'er him, 

And the earth be strewn with blossoms in his way, — 

All the little brooks run swifter, and the crested laurel lift her 

Purple banners to the glad, triumphal day ! 

Many a grave the browTi leaves cover, will the New Year sprinkle over 

With hope's tender garlands white as snow ; 

For the bitter herbs of sorrow, in the sunshine of to-morrow 

We may smile to see love's perfect roses blow ! 

And when, at length, adown life's sunset sky, 
Its cares and hopes may fade, and Memory shine, 
A lonely star, with tender, mournful eye, — 
Still point us gently, O, thou Hand divine ! 

Beyond the world where all our years grow old, 
And gathering mists obscure the crystal sphere. 
To where the jasper walls and streets of gold 
Reflect the light of Heaven's eternal year ! 

— Mary A. P. Stansbury. 



RAILROADS. 



THE aHEAT HIGHWAYS FOE TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION— APPLETON IS LIBERALLY PRO- 
VIDED WITH FACILITIES OF THIS KIND — TWO IMPORTANT AND COMPETING LINES NOW 
IN OPERATION — CONNECTING US WITH COMMERCIAL CENTERS ON ONE HAND AND A 
PRODUCTIVE TERRITORY UPON THE OTHER— WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THE 
PAST YEAR AND WHAT IS CONTEMPLATED FOR THE FUTURE — FIGURES SHOWING A DE- 
TAILED REPORT OF THE BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR. 



The rapid development of the Western 
Continent which has been the wonder of 
the world has been owing to the con- 
struction of railroads and the faciUties 
which they have provided more than to 
any other agency. It is true that the 
building of these thoroughfares has been 
a great tax upon the people, both in their 
capacity as a nation and as muncipalities. 
Immense subsidies have been granted 
and secured and in divers other ways 
have the people shared in the great out- 
lays which have been made for this pur- 
pose. Moreover the rights acquired at 
what would seem, in one sense, to be at 
the sacrifice of tbe public interests, have 
often been grossly abused by the corpo- 
rations obtaining them. But with all of 
the iniquities practiced and evils that 
have resulted, few men live to-day who 
will deny that, with the debits and credits 
properly entered, the country has been 
immensely the gainer from our vast sys- 
tem of railways which unite the country 
with bands of iron and Steele. They are 
the avenues upon which the agents of 
commerce may hurry to and fro, and the 
products of human industry find swift 
and ready transit. They are adapted to 
all climes and are quite independent of 
the elements. The extreme heat of the 
tropics cannot create an agent to endan- 
ger their operations and the rigor of 
northern zones can, at most, only a trifle 
restrict their usefulnesss. There is no 
distance so great which they cannot over- 
come, and there is no country where 
they are not required which has resour- 
ces to be developed. In a word, rail- 
roads are the most potent material agents 
which civilization has in her employ, 
and they never weary in obeying her 
behests. They respond to every call, 
and bear burdens with faithfulness and 
precision. 

Appleton is fortunate first in having 
been provided with ample facilities for 
travel and transportation by land to meet 



her wants now and hereafter ; and second- 
ly, in having escaped the extortions of 
which many interior towns have had oc- 
casion to complain. 

THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAIL- 
ROAD. 

This is one of the most important 
thoroughfares in the whole country, and 
the importance to Appleton of being 
situated on its route is very great. The 
ramifications of this road are so great 
that there is hardly an important sec- 
tion of the country which it does not 
touch. It also places us in connection 
with other important lines which reach 
out in every direction through the coun- 
try. Thus are placed within our reach 
the means of obtaining our supply of crude 
materials from a source which is inex- 
haustable and of seeking a market for 
our manufactured products at as little 
tax upor our industries as could be ex- 
pected in the most highly favored lo- 
cality. 

This road has seven distinct divisions 
which reaches into as many states and 
describing an aggregate distance of over 
2,000 miles. The faeihties of the road 
are not surpassed by those of any other 
corporation in the country. Every mile 
of the track is in excellent condition and 
it is the policy of the company to keep 
their property in the best of repair. 
Within the past, few years the old tracks 
of iron have been removed and more 
substantial paths of steel have 
taken their place. The rolHng stock of 
the company is immense in extent. 
Freight cars by the thousands, adapted 
to all kinds of traffic, have been provid- 
ed to accommodate their immense busi- 
ness at various points. The traveling 
coaches are as fine as can be seen any- 
where and the appHances of the road are 
otherwise first class and of a character 
to best supply thci wants and comforts 
of its patrons. The management is 
little short of perfect. An accident on 



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KAILKOADS. 



this line, resulting from recklessness or 
indifference, is unknown, and even tlie 
possibility of such a disaster is not tole- 
rated. So far as Appleton's relations 
with this company are concerned few of 
om- people have ever had occasion to be- 
liev() that it has no soul. Indeed it is 
an honorable competitor for our busi- 
ness and is courteous and liberal to an un- 
usual degree. As will be seen, it per- 
forms a laxge caiTying business for this 
city. Mr. C. B. Morrison, the agent of 
the company, has furnished us with the 
figures which enables us to present a re- 
port of the business, at this point, in de- 
tail. It is as follows by months : 

FREIGHT RECEIVED. 

Pounds. Charges. 

Jamiary 1.922.300 $ 1,9.59.17 

February 1,671,312 1,890.59 

March 1,197,065 1,842.30 

April 2.865,606 3,319.08 

May 2,536,214 2,937.79 

.Tune 2,909,650 3,475.30 

.July 2,024,714 2, .540.34 

August, 3,594,978 4.068.53 

September 3,609,266 4,254.79 

October 5,292,059 5,179.46 

November, 4,325.189 4,288.61 

December 4,000,000 4,000.00 

Total 35,948,353 40,295.96 

FREIGHT FORWAEDED. 

Founds. Charges. 

■January 1,494,730 2.296.21 

February 2,421,630 3,385.42 

March 1,146.1.50 1,647.41 

April, 2,2.53,975 2,936.69 

M^y 2,088,005 2,983.92 

June, 1,900,380 2,.545.93 

.July 2,626,850 2,784.05 

August 1,780,030 2,388.22 

September 1,999,940 2,609.15 

October, 1,994,130 2,889.61 

November 2,074,490 2,679.74 

December 1,900,000 

Total. 23,677,310 29,154.25 

TICKET SALES. 

During the year, 13,500 persons have 
bought tickets, at the station m this city 
and have paid the company therefor 
$25,337.61. 

MILWAUKEE LAKE SHORE AND WESTERN 
RAILWAY. 

As in the case of the Chicago and 
Northwesfern, the building of this road 
■ upon the route which it describes, in- 
volved a considerable outlay to the peo- 
ple of Appleton — aid having been voted 
to both enterprises. But few can be 
found to-day who comprehend the real 
interests of the city who regret these in- 
vestments. Especially in the latter case 
have the benefits secured been of the 
utmost importance to this locality. The 
road accommodates the wants of our 
manufacturing interests as they had 
never been provided for before, and in 



such a way as to result in a great saving. 
The line of the road is directly through 
the center of the manufacturing part of 
the city and is very convenient of access 
from every direction. And the plans of 
the company is to ultimately reach every 
estabUshment on the river by building 
spurs or side tracks, connecting with the 
main hne. Already coixsiderable pro- 
gress has been made in this direction. 
Several thousand feet of track has been 
built this season and another year a 
large amount of similai* work will be 
done. The economy of the arrange- 
ment by which a manufacturer can re- 
ceive raw materials from the cars at his 
very door and ship his products from 
the same point is apparent. The saving 
aggregates to a la rge amount during the 
year and would make quite a handsome 
profit in itself. 

The general route described by this 
road is of great importance to this city. 
It gives us a swift and direct connection 
with a fine Lake port, only 40 miles dis- 
tant and places us in intimate communi- 
cation with Milwaukee, the metropolis 
of the state — thus also affording us a 
competing line with the Northwestern. 
The extention of this road westward 
to New London, which was accomplished 
in 1876, has been of great consequence 
to this city. It secured us a connection, 
at that point, with the G. B. & M. B. 
Kr., running thence west to the Mississ- 
ippi and into Minnesota. It has there- 
fore rendered this splendid region of 
countiy directly tributary to this local- 
ity and upon which we can draw for a 
great variety of supplies in the shajae of 
agricultural and other i^roducts, which 
our industries require in abundance. 

During the past season this road has 
been extended westward 20 miles, upon 
a new route and through a very produc- 
tive country. 

Its farther limit is now CUntonville, a 
flourishing viUiage in AVaupaca County. 
It is the intention of the Company to 
continue the extention of the road from 
that point northward, to some point on 
Lake Superior. When this is accomp- 
lished, which will be at an early day, a 
vast section of country, rich in timber 
and mineral resources will be rendered 
tributary to Appleton and ujDon which we 
may depend for supplies for decades to 
come. 

During the past year, as well as the 
year previous, this road has done a veiy 
large business in this city. Mr. G. L. 



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Young, the agent, has furnished us vsdth 
the following figures which explains the 
details : 

FREIGHT BECEIVED. 

Months. Pounds. Charges. 

January 3,638,800 .$ 1,080.15 

February 2,529,390 1,000.61 

March 2,550,510 1,105.69 

April 4,194,120 1,147.57 

May 3.792,130 1,011.12 

June 4.143,590 1,098.40 

July 2.838,890 751.33 

August 3,736,480 850.66 

September 3,979,148 939.41 

October 4,220,819 1,698.40 

November 3,960,851 1,412.52 

December 4,000,000 1,670.00 

Total 46,584.723 13.800.53 

FKEIGHT FORWAKDED. 

Months. Pounds. Charges. 

January 2,140,600 1,843.24 

February 2,441,330 1,310.40 

March 1,720,700 1,586.59 

April 2,429,690 1,773,40 

May 2,589,750 1,811.37 

June 2,047,270 1,351.64 

July 2,031,230 1,291.88 

August 2,182,300 1,382..50 

September 2,210,740 1,447.83 

October 2,894,070 2,524.30 

November 3,100,980 2,422.09 

December 3,000,000 2,300.00 

Total 28,784,670 21,297.36 



The ticket sales of this road for the 
year, amount to $5,179.33. 

OTHER RAILWAY PROSPECTS. 

During the fall months of the year, 
now closed, the Wis. 0. E. E. Co. has 
had surveys made from Menasha to this 
city, with the view of extending their 
line to this point. Appleton has become 
a place of much importance and the ex- 
tent of its business has become so much 
of an attraction to all railroads in this 
vicinity that self interest prompts them 
to establish relations with this point. 
The Wisconsin Central Company will 
undoubtedly undertake the project 
mentioned, another fear, at the latest, 
and the Milwaukee and St. Paul Co. will 
probably soon follow suit. 



OUR COMMEECIAL ENTEEPEISES. 



THF RECORD OF THE YEAR '78 QUITE GRATIFYING-, SO FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED 
— THE FIGURES INDICATING A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE OVER THE SALES OF THE 
PREVIOUS YEAR —THE TOTAL TRADE OF THE CITY AMOUNTING TO THE HANDSOME AG- 
GREGATE OF $1,770,2Q0 — THE RESULT PRESENTED BEING BASED UPON THE FACTS 
OBTAINED FROM PERSONAL VISITS TO EVERY PLACE OF BUSINESS, HIGH AND LOW — 
THE WHOLE ACCOMPANIED BY APPROPRIATE OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS. 



PREFARTORY. 

There is no division of our work, on 
such an occasion as the present, that we 
approach Avith greater interest than that 
which is now before us. The mercan- 
tile trade of a city is of the greatest im- 
portance and to the student of our busi- 
ness Life and progress an examination of 
the subject cannot otherwise than be at- 
tended with interesting revelations. 
Especially have our recent visits to the 
yarious establishments in the city been 
most agxeeable and interesting. To con- 
verse with the merchant upon the suc- 
cesses of the year, the prospects and 
probabilities of the future, to congi-atu- 
late him upon his prosperity and to 



sympathize with him as to his tribula- 
tions is not a distasteful duty to the 
journalist. It serves to establish and 
preserve friendly relations and places 
the observing chronicler of local events 
in possession of important information 
which he can, if he will, utilize for the 
public good. 

1878. ■ 
In the further introduction of this sub- 
ject, it affords us great pleasure to state, 
as the result of careful investigation and 
the facts thus gleaned, that a measurable 
degree of prosperity has attended our 
dealers during the past year. Many of 
them have increased their sales, while 
but few have suffered from any diminu- 



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tion, in this respect, and the general re- 
sult is that the aggregate trade of the 
city reaches a considerably larger amount 
than it did the year last preceding. All 
the firms now engaged in business are 
pretty firmly established, financially and 
otherwise, and will weather the gale of 
hard times as successfully as any similar 
class of business men elsewhere in the 
country. 

THE FIELD FULLY OCCUPIED. 

It is the aim of the Post to attract at- 
tention to Appleton. That is doubtless 
apparent upon these pages and we shall 
not here attempt to conceal it. But it 
is no part of our purpose to misrepre- 
the situation. We may, therefore, 
frankly state, in justice to those who 
may be looking in this direction, as well 
as to those now engaged here, that, so 
far as mercantile estabUshmonts are con- 
cerned, the city is abundantly supplied. 
This is net only true in a general way 
but in each particular Une as well. We 
have all that present demands warrant, 
and even if our future progress is as 
rapid as we now anticipate, several years 
must elapse befor the number of our re- 
tail dealers can be successfully increased. 
There is plenty of room here for men of 
enterprise and capital to engage them- 
selves profitably, but not as venders of 
merchandise of any kind. The oppor- 
tunities and advantages for manufactur- 
ing are unlimited and the number or 
kind of industries cannot be multiplied 
to such an extent as to interfere with 
the ijrosperity of one or many. We are 
persuaded to indulge in these remarks 
out of regard for the truth, a considera- 
tion of the real interests of the city and 
to the end that no undertaking will be 
encouraged that woold be likely to prove 
a failure. 

THE WORK IN HAND. 

As the reader proceeds, he will notice 
that, in reviewing the mercantile trans- 
actions of the city, we have continued 
the policy adopted last year, viz. : omit- 
ting the figures in connection with each 
firm, showing the amount of business 
which it has done during the year. This 
plan we have found to be generally sat- 
isfactory and it also promotes the accur- 
acy of our work. We have obtained the 
figures, however, and have made use of 
them in the final summing up and in 
that the public is most interested. 



DEY GOODS. 

This department, in Appleton especi- 
ally, constitutes ihe leading feature of 
mercantile trade. And the city has am- 
ple occasion to be proud of the numer- 
ous fine establishments engaged in this 
line. We particularize as follows : 

PETTIBONE & CO. 

This is essentially a pioneer firm in 
Appleton, having been estabhshed here 
upwards of 18 years ; but it has not been 
contented with the primitive method of 
doing business. It has not only kept 
pace with the gi'owth of Appleton, but 
it has rather been in the advance. The 
policy of the firm has always been, and 
now more than ever, to present to the 
public as fine attractions as can be f otmd 
in the State. They cany an immense 
stock, including a comprehensive assort- 
ment of the A^arious gTades of goods in 
their line. In the matter of fine goods 
especially, Pettibone's is headquarters. 
Pettibone & Co. buy for cash and share 
the resulting benefits with their custo- 
mers in the way of small margins. The 
rapid increase of the business of this 
firm has necessitated the material en- 
largement of their store which has been 
accomphshed, at an exijense of $2,000, 
during the past year. In the new part, 
which has been finely fitted up and fur- 
nished, is a well regulated and skillfully 
conducted millinery department, which 
has become a leading feature of the 
firm's business. The management of 
this establishment is in the hands of Mr. 
Geo. Peabody, and to his sagacity, tact 
and entei"prise may a large measure of 
its success be ascribed. Indeed he may 
be said to be master of the situation. 
We are glad to be able to state that the 
sales of Pettibone & Co., during the 
past year, have been much greater than 
ever before. 

CLAKK & EDWAEDS 

is another of our leading finns in the 
dry goods line who are deserving of the 
fine success which they have achieved. 
They have one of the most attractive 
stores in the city and enjoy a very large 
patronage from both town and country. 
They also do a considerable wholesale 
trade. Notwithstanding the increased 
competition, the sales of this firm for 
'78 are fully 20 per cent, larger than dur- 
ing any previous year. They carry a 
very large and superior line of goods 
and otherwise ofi"er such inducements as 
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from adjacent towns as well as from this 
immediate locality. 

Fleming's tkade palace. 
Early in the season, the firm of A. D. 
Fleming & Co. contracted with J. A. 
Bertschy for the rebuilding of the block, 
destroyed by fire, one year age. This 
was accomplished early in August, short- 
ly after which, the firm mentioned occu- 
pied the building with a mammoth stock 
of dry goods. This building, as will be 
seen by the illustration elsewhere, is one 
of the finest for the purpose, in the 
whole State. The first floor is double 
the size of an ordinary store but all 
available space is nevertheless occupied 
with goods. The success of the firm, 
thus far, is very gratifying and of course 
their trade will continue to increase. 
One great secret of their success is that 
they do business strictly on a cash basis. 
They are therefore prepared to ofi"er bet- 
ter inducements to customers than could 
otherwise be afforded. Their enter- 
prise, on such a scale, was at first con- 
sidered and experiment but that point 
is now passed and it may be reckoned as 
one of the permanent institutions of the 
place. 

L. H. KUDERLma 

succeeded the firm of Kuderling & 
Schwantes, early in the year. He is one 
of the most thorough young merchants 
in the city and his success has been 
marked and gratifying. He understands 
the wants of the trade thoroughly and 
devotes himself with energy to supply- 
ing them. He receives his full propor- 
tion of the best class of trade in the 
city and county. His stock of goods is 
* extensive, his assortment always com- 
plete —two considerations having great 
weight with the purchaser. Mr. Kuder- 
ling's sales for '78 exceed those of the 
previous year by a considerable sum. 



GEOOEEIES. 

No branch of business in Appleton is 
conducted on a more extensive or credi- 
table scale than this. We have numer- 
ous fine estabHshments, as well as divers 
smaller ones, all of whom report a suc- 
cessful year. 

D. B. BAILEY 

succeeded the firm of Bailey & Ballard, 
late in the year. He is one of the best 
known dealers in the city and those now 
engaged in trade here who ante-date him 
are very few. His success is conspicu- 
ous as it is deserved. It is not the re- 



sult of chance; Probably no dealer m 
the city has striven so hard, early and 
late, to accomplish this end. But dili- 
gence has not been the only agency in 
his employ. Mr. Bailey has superior 
business qualifications; he is prompt, 
careful and courteous. He provides the 
public with as superior a line of goods 
as the best market affords, and as he 
does business on a cash basis, his custo- 
mers have the benefit of low prices. 
Besides doing a leading grocery trade, 
Mr. Bailey makes a specialty of hand- 
ling hardware and in which Hne he has 
an extensive trade also. His receipts 
for '78 are probably as large as those of 
any house in Appleton. 

PATTON bed's, 

a firm composed of energetic young 
men, occupy a leading position in the 
city ar grocers. Indeed, this is one of 
the most complete establishments of the 
kind in this part of the State. They 
have earned the reputation of being ex- 
cellent caterers to the public taste. 
They not only deal in the more staple 
articles, in their line, but make a special- 
ty of all sorts of delicacies, including 
the finest of fruits and choice table sup- 
plies in general. The past year has been 
one of the most prosperous in this firm's 
history. The Patton Bros, also conduct 
a branch house in the First Ward, es- 
tablished last summer. The enterprise 
has proved a fine success. 

SPAULDING & PRATT 

have now been engaged in business about 
two years, but this time has enabled the 
firm to establish itself permanently in 
the grocery trade. They carry a supe- 
rior Hne of goods and one that is select- 
ed with evident skiU and care. The 
firm commands a very Hberal share of 
the trade of the city and their sales for 
the year compare well with the receipts 
of leading establishments. 

THE PARDEE BRO's 

commenced business on tne 14th of Oct- 
tober, last and at once dropped into a 
very fine trade. They are energetic 
young men and had the advantage of 
possessing an extended and very desira- 
ble acquaintance. Their stock is fresh 
and new and they neglect no effort to 
make it an object for the people to deal 
with them. The extent of their sales, 
thus far, is highly satisfactory. 

c. c. wa'yland 
is another of our successful gi-ocery deal- 
ers. He cai-ries a large and weU assort- 



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ed stock and offers an additional induce- 
ment to customers in the way of low 
prices. His sales during the past year 
indicate a gi-owing trade. 

DEY & WOLTEE BKo'S 

succeeded Samuel Thompson, in the 
gi'ocery trade, early in the year. They 
have not only held the large patronage 
of their predecessor but have increased 
it. They have a specially large trade 
from the county, as well as their full 
proportion of the city custom. 

M. Petersen & Son have erected a 
fine brick block during the past year 
and since they moved therein, their trade 
has largely increased. They are entitled 
to be ranked as one of the leading firms 
in this line. 

H. Roemer engaged in the grocery 
October and is doing quite a prosperous 
business. 

Rob't Scott deals in groceries, flour 
and feed on lather a large scale. 

J. B. Carey has been engaged in busi- 
ness here as a vender of groceries for the 
past four years and is doing a snug busi- 
ness. 

P. Lennon counts his customers by 
the score and therefore enjoys a liberal 
trade. 

The remaining dealers under this head 
are as follows: Second "Ward: D. S. 
Johnson, P. Heid, both of whom also 
handle flour and feed, and Thos. Ward. 
Third Ward : A. Schuldes, F. B. Frank- 
lin, A. Verhoeven, Eechner Bro's., N. 
Cavanaugh and John Smudde. 
HAEDWAEE. 

Our hardware houses keep pace with 
our general jDrosperity and are fully up 
to the demands of the town and sur- 
rounding country. Indeed, they will 
compare favorably with the best estab- 
lishments of the kind in any interior 
town in the state. 

BARRET & SCHLOSSER, 

a firm of young men engaged in business 
here on the 20th of Oct., 1877. A large 
measure of prcsperity has attended 
them since that time. Both of the mem- 
bers had the advantage of a large and 
desiraVile acquaintance and it has served 
them a good jaurpose in their enterprise. 
They carry an extensive stock, embrac- 
ing a fine line of stoves and shelf and 
heavy goods. They sell at close mar- 
gins and are doing a leading business in 
their line. Their sales for the past year 
are most satisfactory. 

BABCOCK bed's. 

constitute one of the oldest firms, in 



their Hne, in the city, having been en- 
gaged here upwards of 11 years. No 
finer stock of goods can be found in 
this state and no better inducements aro 
offered to customers anywhere than this 
firm presents. They sell at close mar- 
gins and oi course enjoy a large trade 
from the city and county. The extent 
of their annual sales entitles the firm to 
be ranked among the foremost in the 
city, 

ALFRED GALPIN'S SONS 

succeeded their father in business in 
the fall of '77 and the former prosperity 
of the house has attended the new ad- 
ministration. Their stock is a very 
large one, they are not undersold in 
Northern Wisconsin and of course do a 
large and prosperous busines. 

The remaining firms engaged in the 
hardware trade but on a more limited 
scale are W. Findenkeller, W. E. Kloep- 
fel and C. Fuhrberg. 

GENERAL MERCHANDISE. 

There are included under this head 
some of the leading business men and 
firms in the city, as will be seen from 
the following individual mention. 

C. G. ADKINS 

is emphatically the pioneer merchant 
in Appleton. Indeed, he antedates all 
other dealers now engaged in business in 
this city. For ujDwards of a quarter of a 
century he has been prominently identi- 
fied with the merchantile ti'ade of Ap- 
pleton and his career is one eminently 
deserving of emulation. Dui'ing all of 
the vicisitudes with which this period 
has been attended, Mr. Adkins name 
and credit have never suffered from a 
dishonorable or questionable act. He 
has, now and again, sustained heavy loss- 
es, but no person, either customer or 
dealer, has ever suffered at his hands. 
Financially, he is regarded as one of the 
soundest men in the state. He buys 
strictly for cash and on this account can 
afford to sell much lower than most com- 
petitors. He has always commanded a 
very large trade, both on account of the 
extent of his stock and the confidence 
which the general public has in him. 
Mr. Adkin's sales, during the past year 
are most gratifying in extent. 

Chas. Mory is also one of the oldest 
and most extensive dealers in the city. 
He commands a large trade in city and 
country and the past year, so far as he is 
concerned, has been attended with rea- 
sonable success. 

Mr. A. Nitchke, if the extent of his 



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Important Business Change. 



LEWIS "THE DRUGGIST" 



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LEWIS & GREULICH, 



'THE DRUGGISTS." 



The New Firm wish our readers, one and all, 
"A Happy New Year," 



1879. 



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annual sales are considered, must be re- 
garded as one of our most prominent 
merchants. The figures before us show 
that his trade during the past year, must 
have been very satisfactory. 

K. Fischer & Son are extensive deal- 
ers, their store being located on the cor- 
ner of College Avenue and Appleton 
Street. 

CLOTHING. 

There is no class of our business 
hoiTses entitled to stand higher in popu- 
lar estimation than our clothing estab- 
lishments. Indeed, we believe the claim 
can be justly set up that they outrank 
similar concerns in any interior town in 
the state. 

HUTCHINSON & CO., 

early in the year, changed the Ibcation 
of their retail department from the 
vicinity of their mills to 105 College 
Avenue, where they now occupy one of 
the finest stores on the street. They 
have also extended this branch of their 
business to a great extent. They have a 
very large custom trade and carry one of 
the finest assortments of cloth to be found 
in this part of the state. A force of 15 
hands is constantly employed in the 
manufacturing and retail department. 
The firm also deals very largely in ready 
made clothing and all grades of woolen 
cloths, flannels, yarns and blankets. 
Their sales the past year have been sur- 
prisingly large, considering the times. 

GABE ULLMAN 

has been employed in business in Apple- 
ton since 1870, but engaged in his pres- 
ent enterprise about two years ago. 
That he has made a fine success of his 
undertaking is evident from the appear- 
ance of general thrift about his store 
and mammoth stock of goods. In his 
custom department, Gabe employs a 
most skillful cutter and under him are 
16 workmen — this entire force being 
engaged in the manufacture of custom 
suits, than which there is none better 
made anywhere. Gabe's ready made 
stock is one of the largest in this part of 
the state. His sales for the year '78 
show a handsome increase over the pre- 
vious year. 

PEERENBOOM & KOBER 

are justly reckoned among our most en- 
terprising, extensive and successful deal- 
ers. They have been engaged in busi- 
ness for upwards of five years and the 
volume of their trade has been constant- 
ly increasing. They make a sjsecialty 



of custom work and indeed are engaged 
in all branches in their line. Their 
stock is unsurpassed in extent, variety 
and excellence and as might be expected 
their sales are very large. 

H. A. PHINNEY 

has been continually engaged in busi- 
ness in Appleton during the greater 
part of our history as a town. He is one 
of our most stable merchants, and com- 
mands a very extensive trade. He han- 
dles ret dy made goods exclusively, but 
his stock is very superior. Indeed he 
carries the best goods in the market and 
in point of style and durability they are 
seldom surpassed by custom work ; and 
of course he sells them at a much less 
figure. As his sales indicate, the past 
year has been a most prosperous one 
for Mr. Phinney. 

Mr. Curren is engaged in custom tai- 
loring and commands the trade of a 
large number of customers. His busi- 
ness is increasing from year to year. 

Wm. Johnson and I. Zickler are also 
engaged in the same line, in the 3d 
ward. 

JEWELEES 

Appleton is abundantly provided for 
withjjewelry establishments, and they are 
first-class in every respect. Indeed they 
would do credit to a city with 20,000 in 
habitants. 

M. p. GUIS WOLD 

has been engaged in business in Apple- 
ton upwards of five years, and during 
which time a reasonable measure of suc- 
cess has attended him. He is a royal 
good f eUow, and it is no v/onder he com- 
mands his full share of the trade. He 
carries a fine stock, sells at reasonable 
prices and is an expert workman. 

JOS. SALICK & SON 

have an abundance of ca^oital and do 
business on a large scale. They carry 
as fine a stock of goods as can be found 
in the state outside of Milwaukee and 
from which, of course, the most satis- 
factory selections can be made. They 
also deal in musical instruments, and in 
this line as well as in their regular busi- 
ness they do a large trade. 

CASE & FOLLET 

is the style of a new firm which engaged 
in biisiness in Appleton last fall. They 
opened out with a very choice and ele- 
gant stock of goods and by this means, 
as well as by theij.- evident superior 
qualifications, they have made a fine 
impression upon the public. Their trade 



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thus far Las been most satisfactory and 
there is no doubt but that it vdU con- 
tinue to increase. This firm does aU 
kinds of repairing and engraving in a 
most skillful manner. 

Mr. Malone is one of our oldest and 
most respected citizens and is doing a 
snug Uttle business at his old stand. 

C. r. Keller is engaged in the same 
Une, first door west of the First National 
Bank. 

DRUGS. 

It is a matter of suri^rise that the city 
and country tributary to it can support 
as many first-class drug houses as we 
have in Appleton. As a class, they are 
as much of a credit to the place as the 
representative estabKshments of any 
other branch of trade. 

H. A. FOSTER 

is the oldest dealer in his line in the 
city, ha\-ing been engaged here for up- 
wards of 17 years. He has not only one 
of the finest stores in the city, but there 
are none in this part of the state which 
surpass it. It was built and furnished 
specially for his use. He carries an ex- 
tensive and complete Mne of drugs, be- 
sides a gi-eat variety of other goods, 
commonly handled in this connection. 
He is one of the few merchants who 
buys for cash which financial capability 
is of gi-eat advantage to him. Mr. Fos- 
ter's sales for 78 reach far into the 
thousands. 

A. R. LEWIS 

is one of the most energetic young busi- 
ness men in the city and never is satis- 
fied to rank second in any enterprise in 
which he engages. His success in Ap- 
pleton has been both marked and de- 
served. During the past season, he has 
made an important change for the better 
The elegant new store into which he has 
lately removed was erected and arranged 
specially for his inirpose and a finer site 
or more attractive store is not to be 
found in the city. He has shown great 
taste and originality in furnishing it. 
With his increased facilities, his busi- 
ness has largely increased and will doubt- 
less continue to do so. 

W. F. MONTGOMERY 

is doing a prosiDcrous business in the 
drug line. He has an attractive store, 
in which a fine stock of goods are dis- 
played. He gives special attention to 
the compounding of prescriptions and 
the preparation of various remedies. His 
annual sales amount to a handsome ex- 
hibit. 



BENOIT & BLESSER 

have a very complete store and do a 
large business. Their stock is as com- 
plete as any in the city and they command 
a large trade in the city and county. The 
past has been one of their most prosper- 
ous years. 



FURNITURE. 

Some changes have occurred in this 
branch of trade during the past year. 
But the estabUshments now in operation 
are creditable and prosiDerous. 

A. SCHROEDER 

takes the lead in this Une. His stock of 
goods is selected with gi-eat care, is very 
complete and jjresents unusual attrac- 
tions. He aims to keep down his expen- 
ses and is thus enabled to prosper on 
small margins with which he is content- 
ed. His sales for 1878 compare well with 
his most prosperous years. 

FRANZ SCHREITER 

succeeded Nick Simon on the first of 
March last. He carries a fine stock of 
goods and has greatly increased the 
trade of his jiredecessor. Mr. S. is a 
safe and thorough business man and is 
making a fine success of his entei-prise. 
His sales this year present ample evi- 
dence to this effect. 

Mr. C. Gierke has been engaged for 
some time in closing out his stock. His 
present j)lace of business is near Mory's 
store. 



BOOKS, STATIONERY, ETC. 

H. H. HIMEBAUGH 

is pecuUarly adajjted to the business in 
which he is engaged. He has fine taste 
and excellent judgment in the selection 
of books and the various other articles 
which combine to constitute a stock such 
as he handles. His store has special at- 
tractions during the hohday season 
which, this year, have proved quite ir- 
resistable. The finest productions of 
art and literature adorn his shelves and 
tables and in a cultivated community Like 
Appleton, it is no wonder that his sales 
should be very large. Mr. Himebaugh's 
business, generally through the year, 
has also been quite prosperous. 

H. F. HUELSTER 

has jJi'Oven himself to be an energetic 
and deserving young business man. He 
canies a full line of books, stationery, etc., 
and during the holiday season, his stock 
includes toys and a yariety of articles 
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this time. Mr. H's year's sales show up 
well. 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 
If there is any branch of trade in Ap- 
pleton, in advance of the public demands, 
it must be in the line of boots and shoes. 
Besides the numerous exclusive establish- 
ments many of the merchants, otherwise 
engaged, carry a line of these goods. 
However, the demands of the place are 
quite extensive, and the record of the 
year shows that our boot and shoe deal- 
ers have been quite successful. And 
their success would have been more mark- 
ed had not numerous bankrupt and shod- 
dy stocks been opened out here. 

FAY & CLARK 

constitute the leading firm, in this line 
in the city. They have a fine site, in 
the old stone block corner, and have a 
very large trade, in the city and country. 
Their stock is a very large one and em- 
braces an assortment of the various 
gi'ades of goods, adapted to the wants of 
the numerous classes. One advantage 
in dealing with this firm, and it is very 
material, is that the goods may always 
be relied upon as being as represented ; 
and this fact the public seem to appreci- 
ate. The enterprise of this firm, coup- 
led with their extensive facilities for sup- 
plying the wants of the public, has en- 
abled them to reach out into neighbor- 
ing towns and counties and control a 
large outside trade. Their sales for 1878 
show a satisfactory degree of prosperity. 

CHRIS ROEMER 

devotes himself to manufacturing to or- 
der exclusively. He is one of the most 
skillful workmen in the state and many 
of our people refuse to be satisfied with 
apparel in this line unless it has passed 
through Chris' experienced hands. He 
has a very fine and desirable trade and 
it is constantly increasing. 

Mr. Herman Bissing is one of the old- 
est dealers in Appleton, as he also is one 
of the most successful. He disposes of 
an enormous quantity of boots and shoes 
every year and finds it necessary to re- 
plenish his stock about every 30 days. 
His last year's business has been very 
successful. 

A. W. Zuehlcke is an enterprising 
young man who does considerable busi- 
ness in the line of manufacturing and re- 
pairing. He is satisfied with small pro- 
fits and has proved himself worthy of a 
liberal share of the public custom. His 



present place of business is at the cor- 
ner of College Avenue and Morrison 
Street, where he has lately removed. 
Give him a call. 

Chas Becker does a snug business both 
as a dealer and manufacturer. His place 
of business is two doors west of Patton 
Bros. 

The other parties engaged in this line 
in the city are: J. F. Kaufman, C. 
Tchude, C. Censky, W. Becher, Boss- 
meiselBros, P. C. Parish and Pat Sheel, 
all of whom seem to be in quite a pros- 
perous way. 



MEAT MAEKETS. 

GREENE & MORGAN. 

opened their market on College Avenue 
last summer and it is a thoroughly first- 
class institution, in every respect. In- 
deed, we question if there is a better 
managed market in the state or one sup- 
plied with a choicer or finer variety of 
meats. At all events it is a decided cred- 
it to Appleton and one that meets a de- 
mand long felt. That the people appre- 
ciate the effort of this firm to cater to 
their tastes is evident from the extensive 
patronage which they are receiving. In- 
deed their business is vastly more of a 
success than they had expected. They 
are about opening a • branch market in 
the 3d ward. 

Fred Peterson conducts a weU regula- 
ted market, being the oldest dealer in 
that line in the city. 

Bert Harper has a market in the 2d 
ward and commands a large trade. 

Andrew Stark has been a prosjaerous 
vender of meats during the jaast two 
years. 

Louis Bonini has numerous customers 
and to all of whom he gives satisfaction. 

The following named persons are also 
engaged in the marketing business: 
John Berg, C. Lemcke and L. Merkel 
& Co. 

BAKEEIES, ETC. 

Fred. Kutler conducts the leading es- 
tablishment under this head. His pro- 
ducts are very choice and he commands 
a large trade. 

J. L. Sutor is similarly engaged in the 
Petersen block. 

MILLINEEY, ETC. 

F. A. AD SIT 

has about the finest establishment that 
we know of in Northern Wisconsin. He 
has always commanded a large trade and 



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during tlie past season he has more than 
doubled his capacity. As stated else- 
where, he has erected a fine brick block, 
the ajjpoiutments of which are first- 
class in every respect, being in fact, 
thoroughly metropolitan in style. His 
store is a decided credit to the city and 
the fact is rery gratifying that it is most 
liberally patronized. Mr. Adsit carries 
a large, superior and fashionable stock, 
appropriate for the season and his place 
is headquarters for a large number of 
the Appleton ladies. The past year has 
been a ^ery successful one for him. 

Mrs. A. Euhlander deals in millinery 
and fancy goods and enjoys a very Jiber- 
al patronage. 

Mrs. B. Buslar is engaged in the mil- 
linery line and has quite a large trade. 

Mrs. Eobt. Eichards is engaged in 
dress and cloak-making, etc., her rooms 
being over Pettibone's store. She is 
skillful in her line and enjoys an exten- 
sive patronage. There are also numer- 
ous other ladies similarly employed, but 
whose names we have not obtained. 

PHOTOGEAPHEES. 

A. Scidmore is about as skillful a pho- 
tograjjlaer as can be found north of Chi- 
cago. He has an elegant gallery, over 
Babcock's store and finds enough to do 
to keep three or four hands si eadily em- 
ployed. 

J. L. Koonz has been engaged in pho- 
tographing in Appleton for upwards of 
11 years. He is a skillful artist and has 
a large patronage. 

H. r. Patton has a gallery on Oneida 
Street, where a fine class of pictures are 
turned out. 

FLOUE, FEED, ETC. 

H. Alexander has a store on Morrison 
Street, where he carries a full line of 
flour, feed, produce, etc. He supplies a 
considerable jiortion of the city and has 
a prosperous business. 

M. E. Barteau deals largely in this 
line, his store being just north of the 
Post Office. He also deals in second- 
hand goods on quite an extensive scale. 

A. Hendler does considerable business 
as a dealer in flour and all kinds of feed. 



has a large trade in both city and county, 
G. & T. Kamps are reckoned among 
the oldest firms in Appleton, and do a 
large business in harness making and 
deahng. They also deal extensively in 
hides. 

C. Groth and Henry Leonhardt ala^ 
are successfully engaged in this line. 

CIGAES. 

B. Lyons does the largest exclusive 
business, in this line, of any dealer in 
the city. He manufactures on quite a 
large scale, having from four to five 
hands constantly employed. His trade 
is both wholesale and retail and is quite 
extensive. He handles as fine a grade 
of goods as the market affords, and his 
numerous customers could hardly be sat- 
isfied with anything else. The past year 
has been a very successful one with Mr. 
Lyons. 

Mrs. Silverfriend, opposite the Post 
OflSce, carries a fine line of goods and 
has a large trade. 

L. C. Schmidt, as a manufacturer and 
dealer in cigars and tobacco, is doing a 
pr< sperous business. 

Carl. Wickboldt and H. Tennie also 
command quite a large trade, in the line 
of tobacco and cigars. 



HAENESS MAKEES. 

Ernest Heideman is a popular dealer 
in and manufacturer of harnesses, his 
shop being ojDposite to the office of the 
Post. He is a superior workman and 



HOESES, CATTLE, ETC. 

There is a large business done, in this 
line in Appleton. The annual sales of 
the firms engaged amount to a heavy sum. 
D. Hammel »& Co. constitute the princi- 
pal firm and they i)iiport many thous- 
ands of dollars worth of horses during 
the year which are mostly sold to the 
farmers of the county. Conrad Gabel 
and Jacob Winefeldt deal largely in cat- 
tle — the latter also handles produce. 

MAEBLE WOEKS. 

The Powers Bros., a firm of skillful 
workmen, do quite a large business un- 
der this head. Their work is not sur- 
passed by that of any firm in this part 
of the State. They have a fine trade in 
this vicinity and are rapidly extending 
it into the neighboring counties. 

Grignon & Navarre have been engaged 
in business only about a' year and a half 
but are already firmly established. 
Their work compares favorably with the 
best and they get their full jaroportion 
of orders. 

MACHINEEY, ETC. 

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in handling reapers, mowers, seeders and 
farming implements in general. He 
represents some of the best machines 
in the market and his efforts in intro- 
ducing them among the farmers are lib- 
erally rewarded every year. 

E. C. Foster also has a large trade" in 
the same line. He makes a specialty of 
the Van Brunt seeder and has sold a 
great number of them during the past 
two seasons. 

Heineman & UUmf n have worked up 
a large trade in the sewing machine line 
and it is constantly increasing. They 
represent some of the best machines. 

H. W. Meyer of the Volksfreund 
also disposes of a large number of sew- 
ing machines during the course of the 
year. 

BARBEES. 

The following are the barbers who are 
conducting the various shops in the city : 
Dick. Harbeck, W. S. Cleggett, A. Leh- 
man and Wm. Petersen. 



WAGON MAKEES AND BLACK- 
SMITHS. 

Until the present year, Wm. Pardee 
has done quite a large business in the 
manufacture of carriages, cutters and 
light work in general, but lately there 
has been so much inferior work brought 
into the city and disposed of here, that 
it has interfered with his trade consider- 
ably. Of course, his work being strictly 
first-class, he could not compete in price 
with these shoddy productions. Mr. 
Pardee is one of the most skillful and 
thorough mechanics and when a person 
gets one of his vehicles he is sure of 
something both stylish and durable. A 
little more experience will impress this 
fact upon the people. On account of 
the reason stated, Mr. Pardee is now de- 
voting himself principally to general 
blacksmithing. 

James Monroe is still engaged in the 
manufacture of carriages and a variety 
of light work and continues to be suc- 
cessful. He is a skillful mechanic and 
his work is strictly first-class. 

Chris Heinz is as industrious as ever 
in the manufacture of wagons and gen- 
eral blacksmithing. Chris, is a thor- 
ough workman and his products are as 
good as the market affords. 

Wm. Voge and Bernhard Utuheimar 
are also doing a successful business in 
wagon making and blacksmithing. 



As heretofore, J. W. Bedell divides 
his time in pounding at the anvil and 
obeying the behests of the muses. 

The following named persons are also 
engaged in blacksmithing : Jas. Pardae, 
M. Champagne, A. Klein, Jas. Tilford, 
Kaster & Hsebig, A. Schweuzfeir, Louis 
St. James and Charley Horr. 



LIVEEYMEN. 

J. D. Flack has one of the most com- 
plete Uvery stables in Northern Wiscon- 
sin. Its appointments are first-class 
tliroughout, the rigs being stylish, safe 
and comfortable. During the past year, 
Mr. Flack purchased the stable and pro- 
perty which he occupies — it being the 
best site for this purpose in the city. 
As might be expected, he has a very 
large patronage. 

Last summer Peter Steenis bought an 
interest in the stable on Johnson Street 
and the firm is now Siekman & Steenis. 
Their stable is abundantly supplied with 
the best class of rigs and the firm is do- 
ing a paying business. 

During the past year, P. J. Gates 
bought out A. H. Perkins and the form- 
er is now running a first-class livery, in 
the rear of the Manufacturer's Bank. 

Comerford & Shinners have a stable 
on Appleton Street and Fose & Co. 
have one on Morrison Street. 
FEINTING. 

Eyan & Bro. have been the continuous 
publishers of the Crescent for over a 
quarter of a century. This is confessed- 
ly one of the best conducted local papers' 
in the state and enjoys a liberal support. 
The firm also does a general job print- 
ing business, for which they have excel- 
lent facilities, including a fine assort- 
ment of type, steam presses and other 
modern appHances. 

H. W. Meyer publishes tl e Volks- 
freuncl, one of the ablest and most wide- 
ly circulated German papers in the state. 
He also does quite a large business in 
the line of job printing. He has a most 
complete office, including two presses 
which are run by steam. 

G. E. Mendel is the publisher of the 
"Appleton Globe "and it is hoped, on 
account of his misfortunes, makes a com- 
fortable Hving. 

The Collegian is a liberally sustained 
monthly, pubHshed by the college stu- 
dents. It is a very creditable represen- 
tative of Lawrence University and is 
ably conducted. 



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Wolter & Johnson haye lately engag- 
ed in the job printing line. They have 
quite a complete little office and will, no 
doubt, do well. 

The Post Publishing Co., publishers 
of this paper, suffered a heavy loss one 
year ago, in the complete destruction of 
their office by fire. But they have since 
recovered and now have as fine and com- 
plete an office as there is in Northwest- 
ern Wisconsin — the type being all new 
and of the latest styles. They have 
three steam presses and oth er first-class 
facilities for doing handsome, rapid and 
cheap work. 



EESTAUEANTS. 

Within the last few weeks, W. Hinch- 
liff bought out A. H. Perkins and has 
since been running a first class restau- 
rant. 

Geo. Ball succeeded Frank Wright 
last summer and now conducts the lead- 
ing restaurant in the city, over Gabe 
Ullman's store. He is largely patroniz- 
ed. 



MILK & VEGETABLES. 

W. H. Eogers does a very large dairy 
business and also raises vegetables on a 
large scale. His farm is situated, just 
outside of the city, on the banks of Fox 
Eiver, and is a most productive tract of 
land. His products are disposed of, by 
daily visits, among the residents of the 
city. 

M. B. Johnson supplies a very large 
number cf pati'ons in the city with milk, 
every day. His business appears to be 
profitable and is constantly increasing. 



CONTEACTOES, BUILDEES, ETC. 

Contractors. — Appleton has numer- 
ous and competent skilled mechanics, 
classed as above, among whom the fol- 
lowing stand at the head. Thos. 
O'Keefe, Schneider & Wilson, H. G. 
Ashman, Wm. Johnson, Mr. Eecord, 
Lewis Bates, W. H. Packard. J. W. Ca- 
boon, Christian Loth, A. A. Barron, D. 
G. Stowe and J. B. Brown. 

Painters. — The leading workmen be- 
longing to this class are : Gallagher & 
Hanchett, Jim McCabe, N. Jensen, Liew 
Cole and Henry Bielenberg. 

OMNIBUS LINES AND DEAYMEN. 

Omnibus Lines. — Under this head, 
Geo. W. Turner and Wm. Johnson do 
the business of the city. 



Draijmen. — The following named per- 
sons are always ready for a job in their 
line : S. S Sheldon, Bert Eeynolds, J. 
F. Merril, Carl Breening, Chas. Bentley, 
J. S. Wells and P.. J. Gates. 

SALOONS, BEEWEEIES, ETC. 

Under this head, the aggregate slaes 
are considerably larger this year than last. 

Carl Muench, one of the leading brew- 
ers in Northwestern Wisconsin, does a 
very large business over in the Fourth 
Ward. During the past year he has ex- 
pended $6,000 in buildings and improve- 
ments. His sales, during this time, 
amount to $15,000. 

M. Freis conducts quite a successful 
brewery in the Third Ward, and Wm. 
Wendels & Son are similarly engaged in 
the Second Ward. 

Our minutes show that there are 17 
different saloons in the city besides six 
other places where liquor is sold in con- 
nection with other business. According 
to careful calculations the aggregate 
sales for the year amount to about $31,- 
000. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

E. N. Johnson conducts a first-class 
hat and cap store and gents' furnishing 
establishment. His place of business is 
with Hutchinson & Co. Eb. engaged in 
this line last summer and has already se- 
cured a large trade. 

Arnold Alexander has been dealing 
quite largely in the same line but is now 
closing out, with the view of engaging in 
business in Chicago. 

Geo. Vatter has the only exclusive 
lamp house and fixtures and gas fitting 
establishment in the city. He canies 
a superb line of lamp goods and has 
lately reduced his prices 50 per cent, 
from the usual rates. His assortment is 
as fine and extensive as can be found in 
the state and of course the most satis- 
factory selections can be made from his 
stock. As a gas fitter and plumber he 
is skillful and accurate and is always em- 
ployed when there is work of this kind 
to be done. 

Frank Wohlman conducts an exclu- 
sive notion establishment and carries an 
extensive stock of goods. Frank sells at 
very moderate prices and has a large 
trade. 

Louis Lehman is the only ice dealer 
in the city and of course has a large 
trad 3 during the summer season. 

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ther and hides. His sales for the year 
show a prosperous business. 

N. W. Martin is proprietor of the lum- 
ber yard near the depot. He has quite 
an extensive stock and enjoys a liberal 
patronage 

r. W. Feiker is the only book binder 
in the city .and finds work enough to do 
to keep several hands steadily employed. 
His bindery is in the rear of Warner & 
Byan's office. 

J. Haunaiaer is a practical gunsmith 
and is a skillful mechanic as well. He 
also carries quite a large stock of hun- 
ter's weapons and materials and has a 
liberal patronage. <> 

R. C. Kruschke has a second hand 
store, near the ravine and has quite a 
clever business. 

Anton Shaller conducts a general re- 
pair shop in the 2nd ward. 

A. Vohl does a large business in hotel 
keeping and merchandising. He also 
has a saloon attached. His place is 
headquarters for many of the farmers. 

The following named persons are en- 
gaged in keeping boarding houses — some 
of them also deahng in gi-oceries: J. 
Speaker, J. McCarthy, Jos. Burk and 
John Nolan. 

PBOEES SIGNAL. 

Lawyers. — The bar of Appleton pro- 
bably ranks higher than that of any 
town in the state, of equal size. It con- 
tains men of ability, experience and fine 
reputation, throughout the state, as well 
as in this immediate locality ; also num- 
erous young man of marked talents and 
promise. The following individuals and 
firms are engaged in business here: 
Geo. H. Myers, CoUins & Pierce, Bot- 
tensek & Harriman, Barnes & Goodland, 
Wm. Kennedy, Patchin, Weed & Lester, 
S. Baird, Samuel Boyd, D. 0. Babcock, 
Foster, Davis & Foster, W. J. AUen, H. 
C. Sloan and A. H. KeUog. 

Physicians. — Appleton has a large 
number of physicians and most of them 
have a very successful practice. This 
profession in this city includes a high 
order of talent which is known and re- 
cognized throughout the state. The 
persons engaged in the practice of med- 
icine are as follows : 



J. T. Reeve, E. Stansbury, Rush Win- 
slow, A. H. Levings, M. F. Page, Dr. 
Von Heidesson, J. R. Reilly, Miss P. D. 
Bullock, John Sutherland, Dr. Long and 
Dr. Heideman, of the Northwestern Sur- 
gical Institute. 

Dentists. — This profession is ably rep- 
resented in Appleton, in the persons of 
Dr. Chilson, Dr. Douglas and Douglas & 
Buck. 

Justices of the Peace. — Justice is equi- 
tably administered in Appleton by S. P, 
Ming, Sam Ryan, Jr., and A. W. Bal- 
lard. 

Civil Engineers, Milwrights, etc. —The 
following named persons are engaged in 
the professions indicated : O. A. Byrns, 
millwright ; J. M. Barker, Civil Engineer ; 
Chas. Gillette and E. Spencer, Survey- 
ors. 

EECAPITULATION. 

To show, in a brief space, what has 
been done, in the city, the past year, un- 
der the various foregoing heads, we here- 
with present a complete recapitulation, 
which is as accurate as labor and unusual 
care could make it : 

Boots and;Shoes $ 82,400 

Books, Stationery, etc 15,300 

Bakery and Confectionery 8,000 

Blacksmithing, wagon making, etc 21,500 

Barbers 6.000 

Building, Contracting, etc 61,000 

Clothing 89,000 

Cigars, Tobacco, etc 28,500 

Cattle, Horses, etc 61,000 

Dry Goods 300,000 

Drugs 56,000 

Draying and Omnibus lines 8,000 

Flour, Peed, etc 43,500 

Furniture 33.000 

General Merchandise 140,000 

Groceries! 215,000 

Gas : 12,000 

Hardware 94,500 

Harnesses, etc 24,000 

Hotels 73,500 

Jewelers 24,000 

Liveries 27,500 

Millinery 26.000 

Meat Markets 60,500 

Marble Works 12,000 

Machinery,?etc 29,000 

Milk. Vegetables, etc 11,000 

Miscellaneous 144,000 

Printing 26.000 

Photographs 7,000 

Restaurants 5,000 

Saloons, Breweries, etc 52,000 

Professional 64,000 

Total 1,770.200 



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NUMEROUS INTERESTING FACTS UNDER THIS HEAD, BECAUSE THEY TOUCH THE POCKETS 
OF THE PEOPLE — WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DUR- 
ING THE YEAR — THE EXPENSE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS 
INDICATED IN DETAIL — STATISTICAL TABLES SHOWING THE DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE 
YEAR AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE — A COMPREHENSIVE STATEMENT SHOWING OUR FINAN- 
CIAL CONDITION. 



IMPROVEMENTS. 

The efforts of oiir present city govern- 
ment, during the past year, have been 
principally directed towards keeping 
down our expenses to the lowest possi- 
ble gauge compatible with pubHc inter- 
ests; and if our local rulers are enti- 
tled to any verdict at the hands of the 
I)eoi3le, it is that they have succeeded, 
in this respect, to a very respectable ex- 
tent. Still, no important matter has 
been neglected, and every question in- 
vohang the ijublic weal has received due 
consideration at their hands. In a 
young, thriving and rapidly growing city 
like Appleton, a considerable expendi- 
ture is required every year. Besides the 
vai'ious dejDartments having demands up- 
on the public treasiuy and which the 
common good and the credit of the 
municipality require to be maintained, 
there are numerous streets which need 
improving, new thoroughfares to be 
Q-pex ed, bridges to be built and repaired, 
walks to be constructed and various other 
purposes involving considerable expend- 
iture. 

During the past season, as will be 
seen the disbursements, for all purposes 
are about the same as presented in our 
last Annual Review. And the paft year, 
the same as the year previous, the ex- 
penditures on our public thoroughfares 
have been for the purpose of making re- 
pairs rather than the accomplishment of 
new work. That this policy meets with 
general approval, there is no doubt, on 
account of the general distress which 
prevails throiighout thecountry and from 
which Appleton is not entirely separated. 
We jjarticularize below the more impor- 
tant work which has been accomplished : 

A considerable improvement has been 
made on South Division Street, abutting 
the most populous part of the Fourth 
Ward. Grade lines have been estab- 
lished and the street constructed in con- 
formity therewith. The amount ex- 
pended to accomplish this work is 
$92.00. 

Maine Street, in the Fourth Ward, 



has also been similarly improved, at an 
expense of $95.00. This street is in an 
important section of the city and the 
improvement mentioned will add consid- 
erably to its general utility. 

A very*important woi'k has been done 
on South River Street, in the Third 
Ward, viz : the construction of substan- 
tial stone walls on the south line of this 
street and dividing it from the canal in 
that vicinity and the yards of the Atlas 
Paper Co. This work was necessary to 
the permanent protection of the street 
and the expenditure required for this 
purpose, amounting to $280.00, was jus- 
tifiable. But this sum represents only 
one-half of the outlay — the Paper Co. 
joining the city in this work and shar- 
ing eqiially in the expense. 

A culvert was built on Green 
Street, in the First Ward, at an expense 
of $185.00. The structure is a very dur- 
able one and ^"ill be of service now and 
hereafter when the improvements con- 
templated are made. 

The past ye ar a sewer has been built 
on Lawrence Street, in the Third Ward, 
requiring an outlay of $201.26. This 
work was very necessary and important 
as it furnishes drainage facilities to a 
part of the city which suffered some- 
what heretofore. 

All of the other work which has been 
done thft past year has been under the 
supervision of the Street Commissioner, 
acting under dii-ections of the Common 
Council. We herewith submit a state- 
ment showing the disbursements by 
months, in this manner : 

AMOUNT EXPENDED ON STREETS, 
BRIDGES, ETC. 

January $ 66.85 

February 48.85 

March 251.74 

April 191.58 

May 210.24 

June 608.80 

July 657.77 

August 336.28 

September 427.83 

October 750.88 

November 737.99 

December 336.00 



Total for the year $4,624.81 



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SXTPPOBT OF THE POOR. 

This is always a considerable tax upon 
every municipality, but in civilized com- 
munities it is one of the first duties of 
society. In Appleton, the question re- 
ceives due attention and every needy 
and deserving case is carefully looked 
after. Mr. J. P. Hawley has shown him- 
self to be a most efficient person to have 
charge of this department. The follow- 
ing figures show the disbursements, by 
months, under this head, including the 
sakry of the poor master ($150) and 
keeper of poor house ($360) : 

January $ 132.50 

February 126.21 

March 195.17 

April 145.32 

M^y 147.98 

June 120.26 

Julv 138.36 

August 99.60 

September 100.64 

October .'.. 118.32 

November 101.32 

December 142.50 

Total .|1.568,17 

Decrease from 1877 $ 362.12 

FIEE DEPARTMENT. 

Appleton has as well a regulated and 
efficient fire department as any city in 
the State, in proportion to its size. We 
have two excellent engine houses, one 
in the Second and one in the Third 
Ward. These are provided with all of 
the conveniences calculated to secure 
the greatest effectiveness. We also have 
two first-class fire steamers, together 
with the necessary appurtenances and 
which are fully equal to any emergency 
which is likely to arise, especially 
when we consider the fact that they are 
in the hands of companies the members 
of which may almost be classed as ex- 
perts. Both organizations have and are 
serving the city faithfully and well, in 
protecting its property against the rav- 
ages of fire. The present officers of the 
department are 

O. A. BxKNS, Chief Engineer. 

C. V. Adkins, First Ass't Enqineer. 

E. T. CoNKEY, Second Ass't Engineer. 

Phillip Wceller, Third Ass't Engineer. 

Thos. O'Keefe, Secretary. 

C. C. 'VSayland, Treasurer. 
Considering the benefits secured the 
expense of our fire department is as 
light as could be expected. For the 
year now closed it has been as follows, 
including the salaries of the firemen, 
viz., $10.00 each : 

January $ 416.75 

February 168.59 

March 274.77 

April 1 23.00 

May 190.83 

June 211.20 

July 112.11 



August 257.66 

September 108.45 

October 221.57 

November 485.90 

December ,....■ 240.00 

Total for the year $2,810.83 

Decrease from 1878 $1,104.73 

Note.— The city purchased one span of 
horses and a set of double harness, the past 
year, for the use of the department, at an 
expense of $363. 

SALARIES OF OFFICES. 

There is no servant of the city which 
receives a munificent reward for his la- 
bors indeed hardly as much as the 
same labor would command if privately 
employed, and yet the tax-payers have 
never been heard to complain. The fol- 
lowing figures show what has been paid 
out to salaried officers, during the year, 
including special policemen ard City 
Engineer, but excluding Fire Wardens, 
Street Commissioner, Poormaster, City 
Treasurer and Engineers of Steamers: 

January $ 254.84 

February 140.17 

March 230.33 

April 194.25 

May 265.50 

June 559.50 

July.... 628.50 

August 438.75 

Septembek 244.50 

October 549.25 

November 232.00 

December 230.00 

Total tor the year $3,967.59 

Decrease from 1877 ' $1,043.98 

PRINTING. 
The city has paid out the following 
amounts for the necessary public print- . 
ing during the year : 

January $285.00 

February 37.00 

March 23.70 

April : 56.10 

May 36.17 

June 53.74 

July 37.20 

August.... 74.49 

September 54i41 

October 108;i4 

November 89.38 

December ............ 56.00 

Total $911.33 

Increase over 1877 $ 46.89 

Note.— Part of the amount paiti for month 
of January was for printing 1,000 copies of 
the Charter and Ordinances of the city, 
($257.) 

BOARD OF REGISTRY AND ELECTION. 

The following is what it has cost the 
citizens of Appleton to exercise the in- 
estimable right of the elective franchise 
during the year 1878 : 

May $125.00 

November 224.00 

December 32.00 

Total , 381.00 

GAS. 

The city has been a liberal consumer 
of this beautiful illuminator during the 



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MUNICIPAL. 



year, but few wiU say tliat the cost there- 
for has not been largely compensated in 
the embellished appearance which our 
streets have jiresented at night and in 
the real practical benefits which have 
been derived — especially as the adtual 
expense to the people, over and above 
the tax paid by the gas corporation, is 
less than $300. The following appro- 
j)riations were made for gas and ex- 
penses thereon, including lamp lighters 
wages : 

January '. 84.20 

February 68.00 

March 62.20 

April.. 55.90 

Bfay 380.62 

June 41.00 

July 40.45 

August 42.55 

September 58.75 

October 68.65 

November 86.07 

December 70.80 

Totalforthe year .$1,059.19 

Note.— Part of the amount paid for month 
of May was for all the street lanp posts, 
globes and fixtures— .$334.02. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Under this head are included all items 
of disbursements which are not properly 
included in any of the foregoing state- 
ments : 

January $ 131.75 

February 152.58 

March 277.26 

April 144.57 

May 317.32 

June 83.81 

•July 5.57 

August 35.61 

September 295.68 

October 364.32 

November 171.92 

December 17.50 

Total for the year $1,997.89 

.'.;•;■; EECAPITULATION. 

'/That the reader may determine at a 
glance what our current expenses for the 
year 1878 has been and what they were 
made for we herewith submit a recapitu- 
lation of the foregoing : 

Streets, bridges, etc $ 5,477.^3 

Support of the poor 1,568.18 

Fire department 2,810.83 

Salaries of officers 3.967-59 

Printing 911.33 

Election purposes 381.00 

Gas, fixtures, lamp lights, &c 1,059.19 

Miscellaneous 1,997.89 

Total for the year $18,173.84 

Decrease from 1877 2,058.11 

EEDUCING THE DEBT. 

The city of Appleton is prompt, as it 
should be, in discharging its financial 
obligations. Provisions have been made 
in the recent tax levy to meet certain 
claims upon us which mature in Febru- 
ary and March and which are as follows : 



Fire loan bonds $ 1,000.00 

coupons 280.00 

C. &N. W. R. R. coupons 70.00 

Grand Chute Pl'k Road bonds. . . l,750.0O 

Funding bill bonds 4,000.00 

coupons 280.00 

A. & N. L. R. R. coupons 5,250.00 

Total $12,630.00 

STATE AND COUNTY. 

The following are the city's propor- 
tion of the state and county tax and, to- 
gether with the other items named, will 
be paid out of the revenue of 1878 : 

State tax $ 3,646.13 

County tax 7,274.00 

judgment tax 192.00 

schooltax 1,000.00 

Total $12,112.2;^ 

DUE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

The following amounts will be paid 

to the several districts for the coming 
year : 

School District No. 1 tax $ 1, 800.00 

" 2 " 7,835,0O 

" 3 " 3,579,0O 

" 4 " 2,650.00 

Total .$1.5,864,00 

EECAPITULATION. 

Amount Received. 
The revenue received from all sources 
during the year is as follows : 

General tax levy .$64,986.89 

Licenses, amusements, etc 2,413.62 

Total $67,400.51 

Increase over 1877 6,335.71 

Amount Expended. 
The following is a general statement 
of expenditures and for what purpose 
they were made : 

General expenses .$18,173.84 

Bonds and interest 12,630.00 

State and county tax 12,112.23 

District school tax. 15.864.00 

Total expenditures for the year $58,780.07 
OUE PUBLIC DEBT. 

The following table is a correct state- 
ment of all our liabilities, what they 
consist of and when they fall due : 
C. & N. W. R. R. bonds $ 1,000 Feb. 1, 1880 

Fire loan bonds 1,000 " 1,1879 

1,000 " 1, 1880 

1,000 " 1. 1881 

1,000 " 1, 1882 

G. C. Pl'k Road bonds 25,000 " 10, 1893 

Funding bill 1876 4,000 Mch.l, 1879 

A. & N. L. R. R. bonds 75,000 Feb. 1. 1891 
Interest due 7,630 

Total $116,630 

The Appleton and New London Eail- 
road bonds mature as follows : 
.$2,000 due Feb. 1st, 1880. 
.$3,000 in each year from 1881 to 1890 in- 
clusive. 
$43,000 due Feb. 1st, 1891. 

All of the foregoing bonds bear inter- 
est at the rate of 7% per annum. 

It will be noticed above that, of this 
amount, the j^ayment of $12,630 has 
been provided for this year, in the gen- 



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eral tax levy. This will reduce the total 
city debt to $104,000. 

ASSESSED VALUATION. 

The assessed valuation of property in 
Appleton is as follows : 

Total Real Estate $1,427,240.00 

Total personal 409,680.00 

Grand total ,$1,83.3,920.00 

Increase over 1877 276,109.00 

REMABKS. 

It has been the policy of the present, 
as well as past administrations, to main- 
tain the credit of the city, both at home 
and abroad, at a high standard. This 
has been accomplished by wise and pru- 
dent legislation. The importance of a 
healthy financial status cannot be over- 
estimated. It adds greatly to, the splen- 
did reputation which our city enjoys 
otherwise abroad and is particularly cred- 
itable by contrast if we consider the ef- 
forts which are being put forth by many 
western towns (including some of our 
neighbors) to repudiate their financial 
obligations. Appleton has not a dollar 
of paper outstanding which is not worth 
its face and which will not be promptly 
and fully paid when the same falls due. 
And that her present good name will 



be preserved and guarded with a jealous 
care is the determination of her people. 

CITY OFFICERS. 

The personnel of our city government 
is, at present, as follows : 

Mayor — James Eyan, 

Clerk— 7. J. Cirkel.' 

Attorney— 'S.. 0. Sloan. 

Treasurer — Joseph Koffend. 

ilfars/tffi— James Golden. 

Engineer — J. M. Barker. 

Street Commissioner — S. D. "Walsh. 

Assessors — A. B. EandaU, Jno. Good- 
land and Geo. Schuldez. 

ALDERMEN. 

First Ward — Ohase Prescott and Jno. 
Bottensek. 

Second Ward — Chris. Heinz and S. 
K. Wambold. 

Third Ward—G. C. Wayland and 
Humphrey Pierce. 

Fourth Ward — John Bauer and John 
Eyan. 

Fifth Ward — E. Schreiter and Chris. 
Eoemer. 

Sixth Ward—C. Tschude and E. S. 
Baird. 



BUILDING AND IMPEOYEMENTS. 



WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS tiESPECT DURING THj: YEAR NOW CLOSED — THE 
EXHIBIT, IN AGGREGATE FORM, BEING^ A POTENT INDICATION OF THE CITY'S PROSPER- 
ITY — THE PRINCIPAL OUTLAYS MADE WHERE TfiEY WILL DO THE MOST GOOD, VIZ: 
ON AND ALONG THE RIVER — ALSO SOME FINE BUSmESS BLOCKS ERECTED AS WELL 
AS SEVERAL HANDSOME RESIDENCES — MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., ETC. 



As one evidence of the growth and 
progress of Appleton, we never fail to 
present, in our Annual Eeviews, facts re- 
lating to what has been accomplished, 
during the previous year, in the way of 
building and improvements. And the 
data which 1878 has furnished us are 
fully as gratifying, as the exhibit of any 
previous year. In fact, all things con- 
sidered, they are even more flattering. 
Of course, in considering what has been, 
done, the fact must not be lost sight of 
that the whole country is still depressed, 
in consequence of not having escaped 
from the great financial revulsion, be- 
ginning in 1873. Also that but few 
towns in the west have made any con- 
siderable progress during tl^e interven- 
ing time, and these only the most fortu- 



nfitely located and highly favored. The 
rule has been a period of retrogression 
rather than advancement. And yet a 
stranger to the events of the past five 
years, visiting this locality any time dur- 
ing the season which has now closed, 
would never suspect from the indications 
here, but that the country was passing 
through one of its eras of gi'eatest pros- 
perity. There has been general activity 
on every hand, in the way of building 
and improvements. This fact has at- 
tracted great attention to Appleton and 
has caused itp fame as a thriving young 
city to reach far and wide. The conclu- 
sion has been generally and wisely reach- 
ed that a town that can successfully stem 
the tide of "hard iimes "possesses advan- 
tages rarely enjoyed. 



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A fact in connection witli this part of 
our work which is especially gratifyinig 
is that the bulk of our expenditures dur- 
ing the past year have been made upon 
our water power --in the estabhshment 
of new industries and the enlargement 
of those previously in operation. This 
is of the greatest consequence, as the 
development of our resources for manu- 
facturing is at the basis of all our pros- 
perity. As wiU be seen farther on, the 
outlays in this respect have been very 
large and have secured the most impor- 
tant results. But the upbuilding and 
the improvement of the city in other re- 
spects have not been neglected. In fact, 
a great deal has been done. Some very 
fine business blocks have been erected, 
as well as numerous attractive resi- 
dences. 

The amount expended in improve- 
ments will also compare favorably with 
the advancement of previous years. 

We have collected as complete data 
ior this Annual Review, as on previous 
occasions, but we omit some of the de- 
tails heretofore presented. But the ag- 
gregate result is Avhat is important, and 
the figures upon which^that is based may 
be relied upon as being as correct as if 
separately presented. 

ON THE WATER-POWEK. 

We omit here the details of expendi- 
tures made on our water power, in new 
buildings and improvements as they are 
elsewhere fully set forth, but we pre- 
sent in the final summing up, the figures 
showing the total disbursements for this 
purpose. 

BUSINESS BLOCKS. 

College Avenue, our principal busi- 
ness street, has undergone few but very 
important changes this season. But lit- 
tle, however could be expected, on ac- 
count of the large amount of building 
done hitherto and within recent years. 
Indeed but little more than ten years 
have elapsed since the first brick build- 
ing was ei'ected, on this street, and now 
but few others are to be seen. Our busi- 
ness blocks are aU first class and com- 
Ijare favorably with the buildings in 
other and older and more pretentious 
cities. 

During the past season, J. A. Bertschy 
erected a magnificent block which would 
be a credit to the metropolis of the state. 
The first floor, which is twice the size of 
the average store, is occupied by A. D. 
Fleming & Co., who present a cut of this 
block elsewhere. The building is ad- 



mirable in design and is handsomely 
finished outside and in. It cost $8,000. 

Pettibone & Co. were compelled by 
their rapidlyjincreasing trade to add con- 
siderably to the size of their store the 
past year. The addition is in keeping 
with the original block and represents 
an outlay of $2,000. 

Geo. Kreiss has erected an elegant 
brick store, on the south east corner of 
College Avenue and Oneida Street. It 
is one of the finest business blocks in 
the city and its erection involved an out- 
lay of $5,000. 

F. A. Adsit has done an important 
work, this season, which adds materially 
to the appearance of the Avenue. He 
has virtually rebuilt his block and now 
nas a most attractive business place. 
His expenditures for the year amount to 
$3,000. 

Peterson & Son have erected a very 
handsome brick block on College Aven- 
ue this season which represents an outlay 
of $4,000. It compares favorably in ap- 
pearance -with, the best of our business 
structures. 

Squire Bateman, Mr. Ware and F. P. 
Voight have each added one story to 
their buildings on College Avenue which 
gi'eatly improves the appearance there- 
of, besides adding to their utility. 
Their combined outlay is about $1800, 

Henry Wendelborn has put vip a brick 
building, on Appleton street, on the 
first lot ncrth of the Waverly House 
which is in keping with our best class of 
buildings. It cost $2,500. 

Miscellaneous improvements, through- 
out the business part of the city, and of 
which we have caused careful estimates 
to be made, have been acomplished at a 
total expense of $7,000. We omit the 
details on account of the great demand 
for space which our work this week in- 
volves. In the aggregate no item is in- 
cluded which does not exceed $150. 

RESIDENCES AND IMPROVEMENTS THERON. 

Previous years have witnessed the ex- 
penditures of larger sums of money than 
the present in the erection of private 
residences. But that is because most 
of our leading business men had already 
amply provided for their wants in this 
direction. However, there has been 
something accomplished in 1878 in this 
direction. A few excellent dwellings 
have been erected while the improve- 
ments on this class of property has been 
quite extensive. 



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61 



Mr. J. W. Hammond has put up one 
of the most attractive residences in the 
city in the First Ward, on John Street. 
It is large, conveniently planned and 
well finished outside and in. Indeed, 
nothing has been neglected to make it a 
pleasant home. Its cost was $4,000. 

Judge Myers has also erected an ele- 
gant dwelling on the corner of Lawrence 
and Morrison Streets. It is made up of 
old parts but these have been so thor- 
oughly overhauled as to render the 
structure practically new. The Judge 
has now a most attractive home and 
long may he live to enjoy it. His im- 
provements, this year, cost about 
$3,000. 

Dr. Levings has rebuilt his residence 
on College Avenue, First Ward, on quite 
an elaborate scale, and now has as fine a 
homestead as that part of the city af- 
fords. The Dr. has expended about 
$2,000 to secure this result. 

The above are the principal items un- 
der this head. There have been, how- 
ever, numerous smaller residences erec- 
ted, throughout the city, and various im- 
portant improvements and enlargements 
have also been made. The data before 
us, which has been carefully collected, 
show that the total amount of expendi- 
tures, exclusive of the above, aggregate 
to $14,000. 



OTHER BUILDINGS. 

Specially deserving of note, under this 
head, is the Fourth Ward School House 
which was erected quite late, this sea- 
son. It is the finest school edifice in 
the city and when fuUy completed, it 
will be an ornament to the ward in 
which it is situated. It will cost, when 
completed, about $7,000. 

Mr.' Carl Meunch has erected a mam- 
moth store house, near his brewery in 
the Fourth Ward. It is 36x70 feet and 
three stories high. It is built of brick 
and in appearance is one of the best 
buildings in the city. This building 
represents an outlay of $6,000. 

RECAPITULATION OF BUILDING AND IM- 
PROVEMENTS. 
Total expended on water power. . . .$164,900 
Total expended on bu'siness blocks, 32,800 
Total expended on residences, etc., 23,000 
Total expended on others 13,000 

Grand Total $233,700 

We need not occupy further space in 
commenting- upon this subject. The fig- 
ures speak eloquently in their own behalf 
and of the present prosperity of our city. 
Indeed we questson if there is another 
town in the west which can show pro- 
portionately as fine a record of advance- 
ment for the year as Appleton. In any 
event, ho rever, our people, ambitious as 
they are, have a right to be satisfied with 
this faithful exhibit which we have pre- 
sented. 



A CHAPTEE OF MISCELLANY. 



IN WHICH ARE INCLUDED NUMEROUS AND VERY IMPORTANT ENTERPRISES — OUR BANKS — 
HOTELS — GAS WORKS — REAL ESTATE — INSURANCE — BUSINESS DONE AT THE TELE- 
GRAPH, EXPRESS AND POST OFFICES — THE SURGICAL INSTITUTE. 



BANKS. 
Banks are among the most useful en- 
terprises which can be found in any 
community. Indeed, regarded as labor 
saving institutions alone, society has 
long since passed that point where it has 
come to regard them as quite indispensi- 
ble. Being the depository of the wealth 
of nations they are relied upon to per- 
form the important function of supply- 
ing the facilities for trade. Indeed they 
are the in8titutions,'more than any other, 
which distinguish a civilized from a bar- 
borous people. In the latter case, trade 
can only be accompUshed by exchang- 
ing one product for another and that can 



only be done, at a great sacrifice of time 
and labor — each producer being com- 
pelled to seek a customer which possess- 
es the articles which he desires and who 
is wiUing to exchange them for what his 
neighbor has to oflfer therefor. But with 
a monetary system, of which banks ai'e 
at once the outgrowth, as well as repre- 
sentative institutions, means are furn- 
ished into which aU kinds of products 
can be converted, to the mutual advan- 
tage of all, and at a great saving to each 
individual class. Moreover, they are the 
places where the treasurers of the mil- 
lionaire and the saving of the poor aHke 
obtain security and revenue and where 



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the enterprising business man can secure 
the accommodation necessary to enable 
him to conduct his business suscessfully. 
It has been reserved for our day and the 
American people to regard banking in- 
stitutions as an unmixed e^dl, but this is 
the result of false and vicious teaching 
and the notion must soon pass away 
with advancinsr enlightenment. At all 
events, we are glad to be able to say that 
Appleton is favored with ample banking 
facilities. 

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

has been m operation for the past eight 
years. The building which it now occu- 
pies was erected by the coi"poration for 
its purposes in 1872. It is situated on 
the corner of College Avenue and Ap- 
pleton street and is a substantial, conven- 
ient and handsome structure. It is pro- 
vided with burglar and fire proof vaults 
and furnishes as thorough security for 
its patrons as human ingenuity can con- 
trive. The corporation is made up of 
our leading business men who are recog- 
nized at home and abroad, as men of 
prudence, integrity and ijound financial 
ability. The directors of the institution 
are : Aug. Ledyard Smith, G. W. Spauld- 
ing, E. C. Goff, W. G. Whorton, J. T. 
Reeve and Welcome Hyde. And the 
officers of this bank aro as follows: Aug. 
Ledyard Smith, Pres. ; E. C. Goflf, Vice 
Pres. ; Herman Erb, Cashier. On ac- 
count of the excellent management of 
the First National, it is no wonder that 
it enjoys the confidence of the pubKc in 
a marked degi-ee. For <his reason, it 
has always done the leading banking 
business in this city. It has passed 
through some trying ordeals, but it ha^ 
never suffered from the loss of an iota of 
pobHc confidence, and neither, on the 
other hand, have its patrons ever sus- 
tained the slightest financial misfortune 
at its hands, and no business man, when 
presenting the proper security, has ever 
been denied an accommodation which 
he had any right to expect. To show 
the present condition of the First Na- 
tional, Mr. Erb, by request, has furn- 
ished us with the following special state- 
ment. 

RESOURCES, 

Bills discounted .$145,854.02. 

Cash on hand 23,083.28. 

U. S. Bonds on hand 300.00. 

Real Estate 12,000.00. 

U. S. Seeuritie.s 50.000.00. 

Redemption fund 2,250.00. 

Due from other banks 11,409.02. 

Total $247,396.00. 



LIABILITIES. 

Deposits §62,902.28. 

Bills redif counted 3,200.00. 

Circulation 45,000.00. 

Profit and Loss 5,586.94. 

Surplus 15,000.00. 

Due to Banks 10,707.20. 

Total 247,396.35. 

THE manufacturers' NATIONAL BANK. 

This institution was organized in 
1871, and its history thus far has been 
most satisfactory and deservedly pros- 
perous. The building which it now oc- 
cupies was erected in 1874 and is one of 
the finest of its class in the state, being 
situated on the corner of College Ave- 
nue and Morrison Street. It was erect- 
ed specially for the j)urpose for which it 
is being used, is elegantly furnished and 
supphed with the most perfect fire proof 
vaults and safe. The former has a Yale- 
time lock attached, the object of which 
is to render the "bulldozing" of the 
Cashier wholly unprofitable and useless. 
By means of this device, the vaults can 
only be opened at a certain hour, even 
by one in possession of the combination. 
Of course such an ari-angement adds to 
the security of the bank as a place of 
deposit. 

The management of the Manufactxir- 
ers' Bank is also in the hands of men in 
whom the public has the utmost confi- 
dence. They are careful conservative 
and sagacious and are men of known in- 
tegrity and financial responsibihty. The 
stockholders include some of the best 
men in the city. The officers of the cor- 
poration are as follows : C. G. Adkins, 
Prest. ; Alfred Galpin, Jr., Cashier. 

The Manufacturers' Bank does a large 
business and the volume thereof is con- 
stantly inci easing. The following figures 
will shed considerable light on this 
point : 

Capital $ 50.000.00 

Surplus 6.100.00 

Deposits 65,000.00 

Exchange sold during the year.. 500,000.00 
Silver coin paid out as change . . . 6,000.00 

HOTELS. 
While, of course, there are numerous 
points which determine the character 
and reputation of a city, locally and gen- 
erally, there are none that figure with 
greater importance, than the hotel ac- 
commodations which it affords. Indeed 
strangers and all transient visitors re- 
ceive their impressions almost wholly 
from this source and often times ques- 
tions of great moment to a city are de- 
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63 



for Appleton, it is blessed with ample 
facilities of this kind and of a character, 
too, that will compare favorably with 
those possessed by older and larger 
cities. 

THE WAVEKLT HOUSE 

is unquestionably one of the finest ho- 
tels in the interior of the State, and the 
very best, all things considered, of any 
located on the 0. & N. W. E. E., north 
of Chicago. It is a mammoth four story 
brick building, of which the following is 
an illustration : i 




The Waverly is located on the corner 
of Appleton and Lawrence Streets, con- 
venient enough to the business center to 
answer every purpose, and just far 
enough removed to have beautiful sur- 
roundings and to avoid the rattle of bus- 
iness activity. The rooms are all well 
lighted and ventillated and are as cheer- 
ful as any public house can contain. 
Moreover they are comfortably and 
handsomely furnished and their attrac- 
tions, in every way, are all that the trav- 
eling pubhc could desire. 

The Waverly has become noted for its 
bills of fare and the surprise of many of 
its patrons is that they can be made so 
elaborate in an interior town, where 
market facilities are, of necessity, more 
or less limited. And they are served 
in true metropoHtan style which always 
adds materially to the gTatification of its 
guests. 

The proprietor of the Waverly, Mr. 
W. H. Cottrill, is one of the most ex- 
perienced and competent landlords in 
the Northwest. He has had charge of 
some of the best and largest hotels in the 
West and understands thoroughly what 
wiU best please his customers in the way 
of accommodations. He makes his bus- 
iness the subject of the most careful 
study and neglects no labor or expense 
to provide the most complete accommo- 
dations and entertainment for his guests. 



He employs the most skilled help that 
can be found in his cuHnary depart- 
ment and the results of their handiwork 
is visible three times every day. Mr. 
Cottrill is a most courteous and obliging 
manager and it is therefore no wonder 
that aU patrons of the Waverly are his 
personal friends as well. We consider 
it most fortunate for Appleton that we 
have such a man at the head of our ho- 
tel interests. 

THE BEIGGS HOUSE. 

This hotel was leased last summer, by 
Mr. A. Townsend, one of the old, well 
known and popular landlords in North- 
ern Wisconsin. "Lot" has fairly revo- 
lutionized the Briggs House since he 
became manager. Consulting the con- 
venience and comforts of his guests, he 
has made numerous important improve- 
ments which will contribute largely to 
this end. The rooms are well furnished, 
and comfortable and attractive. But it 
is the table which is the chief attraction 
of the Briggs House and which largely 
determine its excellent standing with 
the pubHc. Although the accommoda- 
tions of the Briggs House are all that 
we have represented, the fare is only 
one-half of that usually charged, viz., 
$1.00 per day. It is therefore no wonder 
that the patronage of the House is con- 
siderably increasing. 

THE NORTHWESTERN HOUSE, 

of which Mr. A. Hettinger is the pro- 
prietor, is one of the institutions of the 
city. The building is a substantial, 
handsome and extensive one and is sit- 
uated on Appleton Street, between the 
Avenue and the depot. Louis furnishes 
excellent accommodations for the trav- 
eling public, both as regards table and 
rooms. He is largely patronized by 
transient customers and also has an ex- 
tensive trade from the country, for which 
class his place is special headquarters. 
Mr. Hettinger also conducts a store and 
saloon in connection with his hotel. 
He is reckoned among the most prosper- 
ous men of the place. 

E. H. Stone conducts the Lawrence 
House in the Third Ward and has quite 
a large patronage. 

Geo. Ki-eiss and J. Nicklaus are each 
engaged in the hotel business and have 
a considerable trade in that Hne. 
GAS WOEKS. 

The gas works, in Appleton, have now 
been in operation something over one 
year. They are the most complete in- 



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stitution of the kind, in the entire state. 
The buildings ai'e substantial and all the 
other work also strictly first class. The 
very best quality of gas is furnished and 
the enterprise is being liberally patron- 
ized. Aboot 10,000 feet are being con- 
sumed nightly. Now that our people 
have had a taste of the luxury afforded 
by this illuminator, they could not be 
persuaded to get along without it. 
REAL ESTATE. 

Appleton has numerous men of ex- 
tensive means, engaged in handUng real 
estate. The past year, however, as well 
as two or three preceeding that, has been 
most unfavorable, here and elsewhere, 
for this business. The demands have 
been limited and the purchases have 
also been considerably limited. 

Welcome Hyde is probably the most 
extensive dealer, in this line, in the city. 
He has large interests here, but the biilk 
of his investments are in pine, farming 
and mineral lands, variously located 
throughout Northern Wisconsin. He 
has made considerable many purchases 
during the year and some very impor- 
tant sales, reaching well into the thou- 
.sands. 

Humphrey Pierce has extensive real 
estate interests in Appleton, including 
.some of the choicest property in the 
city. As soon at there is a change in 
the times, he will have no difficulty in 
making frequent and important sales. 

Judge Harriman has been largely en- 
gaged in handling real estate during the 
past five years, and he allows no season 
to pass without making extensive im- 
provements. The past year has been no 
exception with him. Indeed he has 
probably made more expenditures dur- 
ing 1878 than any other dealer. 

W. S. Warner is one of our heaviest 
real estate owners, both in and outside 
of the city. He does a large business 
every year, in buying and selling. His 
transactions for 1878 show up well, con- 
sidering the times. 

Reeder Smith owns a great amount of 
property, both in this city, and New Lon- 
don. His property is all highly improv- 
ed and therefore very valuable. His 
transactions for the year have been quite 
important. 

E. C. Goff is extensively interested in 
pine, farming lands and city property. 
The past year has been quite an active 
one with him. 

A. L. Smith does a very heavy busi- 
ness in the real estate line. Besides 



having a large amount of his own prop- 
erty, to care for, he is the agent for the 
G. B. &M. C. Co., which owns extensive 
tracts of excellent land throughout the 
northern part of this state. His sales 
for the past year aggregate to a large 
amount. 

Louis Schintz deals largely in real es- 
tate and besides loans money for divers 
parties at home and abroad. 

Geo. C. Jones has extensive invest- 
ments in farming, pine and mineral 
lands in various localities throughout 
this and other states and does quite a 
large business every year. 

J. W. Hammond handles considerable 
city and farm property, here and else- 
where, and does a considerable business, 
buying and selling, in the course of the 
year. 

Edward West has largerreal estate in- 
terests in Appleton than any other citi- 
zen and is always busy in making sales 
or improvements. 

INSURANCE. 

This has grown to be a very important 
business in Appleton, as might be ex- 
pected where there is so much valuable 
property for which the people are seek- 
ing protection. Fortunately the people 
are provid ed with some of the best and 
most reliable agencies to be found in the 
state. 

A. L. Smith does a leading business 
in this Une. He represents a splendid 
array of companies which have nobly 
withstood aU the severe tests with which 
the past few years have been attended. 
The owner of a policy in any one of 
them may be certain to have an honest 
loss equitably and promptly adjusted. 

Conkey & Briggs conduct the other 
leading insurance agency in the city, 
and of course do a large business. Their 
companies are among the financially ab- 
lest in the world and afford their patrons 
the most absolute protection against loss 
by fire. Messrs. Conkey & Briggs are 
careful, courteous and obliging and al- 
ways aim to promote the interests of 
their patrons. 

THE POST OFFICE. 

The Appleton post-office is one of the 
institutions of the city of which the peo- 
ple have just cause to feel proud. It oc- 
cupies a handsome building, on Oneida 
Street, in the rear of Foster's store, erect- 
ed expressly therefor, in the fall of 1876. 
It is handsomely furnished and has all of 
the modern appliances of a first-class of- 
fice. The postmaster is G. M. Miller 



EDUCATIONAL. 



and M. K. Goclinauer is his assistant. 
The following statement indicates the 
amount of business transacted at this of- 
fice during the course of the year : 

3155 orders Issued $ 39,652.83 

2150 " Paid 39,621.02 

Quarter's account current 7,459.95 

Total 86,733.80 

Eegistered letters Delivered 1,173 

in Transit 697 

Issued 584 

Total 2,454 

EXPRESS 

The express office occupies a building 
on Oneida Street, near Lawrence. Mr. 
John Lester is the efficient agent who at- 
tends to the wants of the people in that 
line. The business of the company at 
this place amounts to a large sum every 
year. Its receipts for 1878 aggregate to 
$14,000, being an increase of .$2,000 over 
last year. 

TELEGRAPH 

The N. W. Telegraph office is conven- 
iently located over Clark & Edwards 
store and is largely patronized by the 
business men of Appleton. H. A. Tice 
is the efficient agent and is prompt and 



accurate in the discharge of his duties. 
The receipts of the office for the past 
year amount to $1,650 being quite an in- 
crease over the income for '77. 



THE NORTHWESTEEN SUEGI- 
CAL INSTITUTE 

This institution was established sever- 
al years ago for the treatment of aU man- 
ner of deformities of the human limbs 
and body. Its method of treatment is 
thorough and scientific and in accordance 
with rules prescribed by the most emin- 
ent and successful surgeons of the coun- 
try. The institute in Appleton has been 
attended with a large measure of success. 
We have known of numerous cases, gen- 
erally considered as hopeless, that have 
been fully and completely restored — the 
persons gaining the use of the deformed 
parts almost perfectly. Dr. Heineman 
who is in charge, devotes himself earn- 
estly to his work and the patients en- 
trusted to his charge have the benefit of 
his time, skill and enthusiasm. We can 
heartily commend the institute to all 
those suffering from deformities of body 
or limbs. 



EDUCATIONAL. 



La^A^rence University and the Public Schools. 



LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY., 

It is now about thirty years since the 
corner stone of this institution was first 
laid in the then wilderness upon the 
banks of the Fox River. It was a bold, 
almost hazardous enterprise ; and yet its 
sucefss, almost from the beginning, was 
remarkable. Within six years after its 
first opening and before even any rail- 
road came within many miles of the 
place, the number of the students was 
greater than is usually found in the 
most popular of Eastern seminaries. 
Its popularity was one cause of its fi- 
nancial difficulties. The large patron- 
age induced by the very moderate ex- 
pense to the students, occasioned an out- 
lay which the pecuniary resources of its 
friends proved insufficient to meet. 
Debts were incurred and the most seri- 
ous embarrassments followed. The very 
existence of the institution was for som(^ 
time imperilled. 

Yet through all its trying histor j, few 



institutions can boast a nobler record of 
educational effectiveness. There has 
been a large number of students, and 
the scholarship produced has been of a 
high order and recognized as such both 
in the East and the West. The require- 
ments for entering the college classes 
are higher than those of a large majori- 
ty of Western colleges, as is also the 
standard of attainments for graduation. 
Notwithstanding the gradual and very 
considerable elevation of the courses of 
study and the increased conditions of 
entrance within the last few years, the 
number of students in the college class- 
es, instead of diminishing, has steadily 
incj-eased, and the number of graduates 
within the last five years has been great- 
er than in any other conse6utive five 
years in the history of the institution. 
Says Dr. Warren, President of the 
Boston University: "Lawrence Univer- 
sity has reason to be proud of the Alum- 
ni she has sent to Boston. If she can 



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EDUCATIONAL. 



keep up the succession worthily, she 
will veiy soon acquire in these parts a 
most enviable reputation for man-mak- 
ing discipline. No college has sent us 
better specimens of strong, cultured, 
practical men." 

The institution while under the pat- 
ronage of a Christian denomination and 
aiming to be a Christian college, yet 
opens its doors to all comers of whatso- 
ever creed or nationahty, and especially 
intends to furnish the best facilities to 
students who without property or weal- 
thy fiiends are striving to help them- 
selves to an education. The great num- 
ber of this class who have gone forth 
from its halls and are now filling honor- 
able stations in society, amj)ly justify all 
the efforts and sacrifices hitherto made 
in its behalf. 

The College Courses are among the j 
highest and best of any College in the I 
whole West. I 

The, Preparatory Department furnish- 
es a very thoroiigh training for either 
the Classical or Scientific Courses in 
College. 

The Academic Department affords ex- 
cellent faciUties for a Higher English or 
first-rate Business Education. 

The School of Music is of a highly 
superior character, and is rajaidly grow- 
ing in popularity. 

The School of Drawing and PaintiD^; 
is of excellent repute. 

The whole number of students con- 
nected with the institution during the 
last year, according to the catalogue just 
issued, was 236, of whom 134 were gen- 
tlemen and 102 were ladies ; of these 108 
were in the College Classes ; 51 in the 
Preparatory Department ; and 77 in the 
Academic Department and in the schools 
of Music and Painting. 

The necessary expenses of a student 
in the institution are unusually moder- 
ate. For ordinary Collegiate, Prepara- 
tory and Academic studies the whole 
cost to a student, including board, wash- 
ish, fuel and light, need not cost more 
than from $40 to $65 per term. Extra 
charges are made for the Commercial 
and ornamental branches. 

" PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF APPLETON. 

Number of children in each district, 

age between,^ ^nd 20 years; 

1st District-.. ^., Ilk. ■»....,.....,,,- 410 

2d District..,.'....,,....'!..,..,; 1,013 

.3d District... ...'.. .l...(J;i.it'..«.. .4. 773 

4th District ...j,...,^:,.,,,) 282 

Total '. 2,47S 



Of this number 1,580 attended the 
public schools during the year, being 
63% of the number of children drawing 
State tax. 

The amounts expended for improve- 
ments in the last year, are as follows : 

1st Ward ". $ 117 

2d Ward 1.197 

3d Ward 1,62(> 

4th Ward. 426 

Valuation of school houses and sites: 

IstDistrict property valued at .$ 5,000 

2d " " " 21,000 

3d " " " 13,000 

4th " " " 6.000 

Total valuation $45,000 

The number of teachers employed in 
each district with their respective salar- 
ies are as follows : 

1st District, 4 teachers ; Principal has 
$450 ; each Assistant, $360. 

2d District, 14 teachers ; Principal has 
$1,400; two Assistants each. $675 ; each 
of the others, $360. 

3d District, 6 teachers ; Principal has 
( ?) ; one Assistant, $540 ; each of 
the others, $360. 

4th District, 3 teachers ; Principal has 
$630 ; each Assistant, $360. 

Total number of teachers employed 
in the Public Schools, 27. 

Improvements are as follows : 1st Dis- 
trict has furnished one of its depart- 
ments with new seats and bought Apple- 
ton's Encyclopedia; 2d District has 
bbught Appleton Encyclopedia and $50 
worth of biographies ; 3d Ward has fur- 
nished a new department with seats ; 4th 
Ward is building a brick school house 
in place of the burned frame school 
house. 

That the public schools of this city 
are making true progress, intellectually 
and morally, is evident when consider- 
ing the following facts : 

1st. The hard times, since the panic 
of 1873, have greatly reduced the prices 
of commodities and of all kinds of ser- 
vices, unless the supply of commoditief^ 
has been less or the services more effici- 
ent than heretofore, thus making the de- 
mand greater and the price higher. 
Nearly all the schools have reduced the 
teachers' salaries, thus showing that the 
educational advancement of these schools 
has not been sufficiently progressive 
enough to make the demand greater and 
the price higher. But, in Appleton, the 
educational progress of the public 
schools has been such that the teacher's 
salaries are not merely the same as 
usual ; but they haye in some cases been 
increased. In the 2d District, the Prin- 



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67 



cipal's salary has been increased $200 a 
year, and one of tlie Assistants $75 ; in 
the 3d District, the Principal's salary 
has been increased (want of time pre- 
vents the writer to inform himself suf- 
ficiently as to the exact amoTint, but he 
believes it to be $125 a year), and an as- 
sistant has been employed for $540 in- 
stead of one for $225. 

2nd. The teachers, at their last exam- 
ination, independently and cheerfully 
raised the standing of the common 
schools; so that, next year, a child that 
completes the course of study adopted 
for the common schools, will have a fair 
knowledge of U. S. History and of arith- 
metic in its daily commercial applica- 
tion ; a fair foundation for physical geo- 
gi'aphy, resting on a thorough knowledge 
of discriptive and political geography ; a 
practical knowledge of grammar ; a fa- 
cility to express thoughts on paper ; and 
it will be able to read intelligibly any 
ordinary reading matter, and spell 98%" 
of the words found in a Fourth or Fifth 
Reader. When we reflect that this is 
tlie work of seven years' schooling (a 
child six years of age, completing the 
course at 13), it must be admitted that 
this is all that can be reasonably expect- 
ed of any school. 

3d. The improvement in morals in the 
public schools is very marked, and es- 
pecially is this the case in the 2d school 
district. In the fall term of '73, there 
were forty-three corporal punishments 
inflicted in the Second District by the 
principal, while this term there have 
been only eight. It must not be for- 
gotten that in the fall of '73, less than 
three hundred pupils were enrolled in 
the Second District, while at present, 
there are upwards of six hundred. The 
suspensions have decreased from eight 
to one for the same time. This unpar- 
alleled success is due to the School 



Board and the interest the better class 
of citizens manifest in our pubHc schools. 
In the employment of teachers, partiali- 
ty is unknown, and abiUty is the only 
criterion upon which teachers are' em- 
ployed. The influence the better class 
of citizens exert upon the schools by 
sending their children there, cannot be 
overestimated. 

4th. Though the High School has ex- 
isted but two years, still its influence is 
very perceptible; and especially is its 
influence very marked in the Second 
District. The ratio of school attend- 
ance to the whole school population in 
this district is 80%, which is probably a 
higher ratio than any other school dis- 
trict can exhibit in the State; and it is 
far ahead of Chicago, whose per cent, of 
attendance in '76 was only 46%. About 
twenty of the scholars of the High 
School leave yearly to teach. 

This year three of last year's graduates 
are employed in the city and are giving 
good satisfaction. Though the School 
has existed but two years, it has no\y a 
hbrary w^orth $250 ; a collection of corals, 
sponges, &c., worth $200; apparatus for 
the study of natural philosophy, worth 
$150 ; and there is no doubt but that the 
value of the Ubrary in a short time wiU 
be $500. These facts alone are sufficient 
to show that there is hfe in the School 
and that good work is done therein. 

Instruction in the High School may 
be had in Book-keeping, Natural Philos- 
ophy, Botany, U. S. History, Constitu- 
tion of U. S. and Wisconsin, Physiology, 
Moral Philosophy, Latin, through Vir- 
gil, German, Rhetoric, in Mathematics 
through Trigonometry. It should be 
borne in mind, that the faults of this 
School are its, thorough instruction, rig- 
id disipHne, and severe examinations. 
No chance for idlers and drones. 



WEST'S SHIP CANAL. 



A CHANNEL WHICH AFFORDS WATER-POWERS OF GREAT CAPACITY AND RELIABILrTX — ADAPT- 
ED TO EVERY KIND OF MANUFACTTIRING — AN AVERAGE HEAD OF 12 FEET — EASY OF 
ACCESS AND PROVIDED WITH FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION BY LAND AND WATER 
— IMPROVEMENTS ALL MADE — SITES EMBRACING EVERY ADVANTAGE FOR SALE OR 
RENT AT PRICES WHICH WILL NOT ONLY SATISFY BUT ASTONISH THE PURCHASER. 



The water power at Appleton, as a 
whole is, of course, dwelt upon at con- 
siderable length elsewhere, and we shall 



not here undertake to go over the same 
ground. Oui* object, in this connection, 
is to point out some of the special attrac- 



68 



WEST' SHIP CANAL. 



tions for manufacturers which have been 
created by the building, through the 
heart of Grand Chute Island, of 

EDWAKD west's SHIP CANAL 

which has been accomplished at an ex- 
pense of nearly |40,000. It would be 
difficult to conceive of a more desirable 
or valuable system of powers than has 
been created by this splendid improve- 
ment. A score of years ago, when this 
island was covered by a primitive and 
luxuriant gi-owth of vegetation, a man 
without good judgment, foresight and 
experience would cross and recross it 
many times without halting to consider 
the 

SPLENDID POSSIBILITIES 

which it contained, and without stop- 
ping to consider how' practical a scheme 
it was to make it available for great, use- 
ful and important purposes. But Mr. 
West was endowed with all these at- 
tributes and his "mind's eye," pictured 
to himself what the future would demand 
and what industry could accomplish. 
He did not wait tto be pushed to this 
great undertaking but anticipated the 
wants which would spring from the fu- 
ture development of Appleton. Accord- 
ingly, in 1870, he set himself about the 
task of constructing a channel, through 
Grand Chute Island, for the purpose of 
securing a giand system of water pow- 
ers, and under his direction, one reason 
was sufficient to accomplish it. And, in 
the fall of that year, therefore, it was 
completed and the water was directed 
between its banks. 

THE POWER THUS CREATED 

is equal to the strength of 3,000 to 4,000 
horses. All this valuabe power is free 
from the obstructions on the banks and 
treacherous margins of the streams, and 
the canal has only to be tapped at any 
desired point and at once the power is 
ready for use. The canal is 2,000 feet in 
length and the width of the island is 
such as to give ample building lots run- 
ning back on either side, while the nat- 
ural channels of the islapd afford suf- 
ficient escape for waste water from the 
wheels in the highest stages of the 
stream. 

The canal is cut in the solid gravel 
bed of the island, and can never suffer 
from washing. It has the capacity to 
float the largest vessels that can ever 
enter through the canals of the river 
improvement, being 130 feet between 
the embankments, and 17 feet from the 
top of the embankment to the bottom of 



the canal. These embankments have 
an average width at the base of 45 feet 
and are built of si one and gravel, so 
that they cannot suffer from wearing, 
freezing or thawing. On the margin of 
this canal manufactories of all kinds 
needing ready and constant supplies of 
power can be built with no more work 
to secure it than that of cutting a short 
race a httle beyond the rear of the 
building, to allow the water to discharge 
from the wheels into the natural channel 
of the stream. 

It is very important to say, in this con- 
nection, that thisjchain of powers is com- 
bined with 

NUMEROUS ADVANTAGES 

which are seldom if ever found. Abut- 
ing the lots on either side, of the canal 
are pubUc thoroughfares, in a thorough- 
ly improved condition, and by means 
of which any point is rendered as ac- 
cessible as could be desired. Then the 

SHIPPING FACILITIES 

which are within easy reach, are as am- 
ple, capacious and varied, as could be de- 
sired. Indeed the M L. S. & W. K. R. 
describes a serpentine track through the 
heart of the island and which can now 
be reached at a trifling cost and with 
little trouble. And when the various 
contemplated side tracks are completed, 
freights can be received and delivered 
by manufacturers, located on this chaii- 
nel at their very doors, as the demands 
occasion it, 

But enough has scarcely been said of 
the 

LEGITIMATE FEATURES 

of these powers,as they now actually ex- 
ist. Of course in their reliability, thej' 
share this advantage, in common with 
other i^owers in this city. This is ex- 
plained by the uniformity of the river 
flowage, the variation of which, during 
the entire year, does not exceed 30 in- 
ches. The r atural and artificial arrange- 
ment of the canal affords 

.\N EXCELLENT HEAD, 

at any point thereon, whi<;h is not less 
than 10 feet at any place and is as great 
as 16 at other points. The average head 
is fully 12 feet, which is ample for all or 
any particular lauri^ose. 

THE NEW DAM 

which has been constructed is of the 
gi'eatest imi^ortance to Mr. West's sys- 
tem of powers. It adds materially to 
their iDermanency and reliability. Indeed 
so far as these features ire considered 
there is 



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69 



NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT 

left ; and indeed, in any particular, it 
would be difl&cult to suggest a beneficial 
change. 

These powers, of course, are occupied 
to a considerable extent now ; but with 
their great and well known capacity, 
there is still room for 70 additional es- 
tablishments. The remaining powers 
are • 

NOW IN THE MARKET 

and Mr. West offers them for sale or 
rent at prices that will discount those 



exacted at any other point, East or 
West, North or South. They are un- 
rivalled in desirability, and those who 
contemplate engaging in manufacturing 
industries, now or hereafter, should visit 
Appleton, see that they are as we have 
represented, and then invest. Other- 
wise aU correspondence, on the subject 
addressed to Edward West, 

Appleton, Wis., 

will receive prompt and coruteous atten- 
tion. 



OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. 



A BRIEF CHAPTER DEVOTED TO ITS PROGRESS AND PRESENT CONDITION — CHARACTER AND 
FERTILITY OF ITS SOIL — ITS PRODUCTS FOR THE YEAR 1878 — ALLUSION TO THE EX- 
TENT AND VARIETY OF ITS BUSINESS INTERESTS — STATEMENT SHOWING ITS FINAN- 
CIAL CONDITION, ETC., ETC. — OUR PRESENT COUNTY GOVERNMENT. 

well known that the reputation of Wis- 
consin wheat, to which Outagamie 
County has made essential contributions, 
is equal to that raised in states most 
celebrated for this purpose. All other 
kinds of agricultural products are raised 
here with success and in abundance. 
Our soil is also adapted for dairying pur- 
poses and stock growing and in this di- 
rection considerable advancement has 
already been made. 



Outagamie County is situated between 
Lake Winnebago and Green Bay and is 
divided by the Fox River which runs 
through the south-east corner. It is 
bounded on the north by Shawano Coun- 
ty, on the south by Winnebago and Cal- 
umet, on the east by Brown, and on the 
wept by Waupaca. It is particularly 
well Avatered, the principal streams, be- 
sides the Fox, intersecting the county 
being the Wolf, the Shioc, the Embar- 
rass Rivers and Black Creek. These 
together with their numerous and im- 
portant tributaries, afford a natural wa- 
ter supply which is of the greatest value. 

THE SURFACE OF THe COUNTY. 

is a deHghtf nl interchange of rolKng up- 
lands and gently sloping vallies and pre- 
sents the most desirable advantages in 
this respect, for agricultural pursuits. 
There are no bluffs worth mentioning 
and but few abrupt elevations. 

OF THE SOIL ITSELF 

but little need be said. It consists of a 
clay deposit, made during a geological 
epoch, not very far distant, and is rich 
in all the elements that enter into the 
agricultural products adapted to this 
parallel of latitude. The proof of the 
fertility of the clay lands is best seen in 
quality and extent of its products. It is 
specially adapted to wheat growing and 
the grade of this cereal is nowhere ex- 
celled by that of similar products, in any 
other state in the Union. Indeed, it is 



OUR CLIMATE, 

of course, resembles that which is com- 
mon in this parallel of latitude, but it 
has some important differences, how- 
ever. Our summers are delightful and 
the "heated season" which so distresses 
many localities is either very much 
abridged here or is entirely unknown, 
the temperature being generally quite 
uniform. Our falls are long and charm- 
ing — often extending well into Novem- 
ber. Our winters are steady but vigor- 
ous and in some respects are the most 
important part of the year. They are 
usually attended Avith snow falls, the 
importance of which, is that they facilitate 
the handling of large quantities of fine 
timber in which the county abounds. 
But a feature which is of the greatest 
consequence is that our climate contains 
elements highly conducive to good 
health. Epidemics are nnknown and, as a 
rale, the people are 'healthy, hearty and 
vigorous. 



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OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. 



OUR PROGRESS 

has been most gratifying. The south- 
ern portion of our county has been set- 
tled only about 27 years, but yet there 
is no farming distiict in the state which 
is more highly improved than the two 
southern tiers of to^sois. The land is in 
a high state of cultivation and most of 
the work is now performed by labor sav- 
ing machinery. Fine dwelUcgs and 
splendid and capacious barns adorn 
nearly every farm and other improve- 
ments also are not lacking to make farm 
life desirable and the county attractive. 
During the past eight years the settle- 
ment and improvement of the northern 
part of the county has been very rapid. 
Indeed the advancement which has al- 
ready been made indicates a much longer 
period of labor than has been reqiiired 
to accomplish the splendid result. That 
section of our county includes many 
highly improved farms and the buildings 
are of a character which reflect credit 
upon the industry and taste of the in- 
habitants. However there is yet consid- 
able unimproved lands in the extreme 
towns which can be had at a fair figure 
and which offer desirable homes for peo- 
ple of limited means and industrious 
habits. 

Outagamie has now a population of 
upwards of 28,000. Notwithstanding 
the unfavorable condition of the times, 
the increase has been very rapid during 
the past few years. Indeed, as shown 
by the census reports, the percentage of 
our increase from 1870 to 1875 was 
greater than that of any other county in 
the state ; and we have no doubt that 
when the increase of the succeeding 
three years is known, the result will be 
equally flattering. 

OtJR ROADS 

There is no comparitively new county 
in the state which has as fine roads as 
Outagamie. Our local legislators have 
paid special attention to this subject and 
the result is that splendidly graded and 
graveled roads now ramify nearly every 
important section of the county. 

OUR PRODUCTS FOR THE YEAR. 

While the crops in many sections of 
the country have been little short of com- 
plete failures, on account of the excess- 
ive heat prevailing just before harvest, 
in Outagamie the yield has been quite 
gratifying. The following tabular state- 
ment shows the acreage of crops, in 
this county for the year of 1878 — being 



a considerable increase over that of the 
previous year : 

CO 

H 

cj (« O 

S • ^ H 

TOWNS u !5 ro H? ,. «i) 

^ O <1 «) [H O 

^ o o rt « (ii 

Buchanan.... 2179 92 827 72 78 80 

Bovina 5.59 196 325 48 42 47 

Black Creek. 2116 276 314 14 37. 81 

Center 4377 752 1304 146 55 167 

Cicero 1018 199 195 10 46 45 

Dale 3059 716 754 45 126 84 

Deer Creek.. 370 100 158 15 20 38 

Ellington.... 4359 837 1095 138 117 95 

Freedon 3070 052 917 118 61 252 

Grand Chute 3221 542 11.55 319 76 188 

Greenville . . 3943 590 782 10 17 93 

Hortonia.... 2231 689 603 46 315 70 

Kaiikauna .. 1546 228 823 83.... 110 

Liberty 657 243 492 40 634 45 

Maple Creek 1193 298 536 158 97 49 

Maine 200 84 110 42 44 23 

3dW.N.Lon. 22 18 30 7 6.. 

Osborn 1417 376 449 16 30 44 

Seymour.... 1336 302 309 .... 23 69 

Total 36888 719011176132818271580 

The average yield of wheat was, at 
least 15 bushels per acre. This would 
make a total of this cereal, our leading 
product, 533,432. Placing the average 
price at 80 cents and the value of this 
ye ar's product would aggregate to nearly 
one half million of dollars. The yield 
of other crops ^as correspondingly 
large. This exhibit, considering the 
general unfavorableness of the season, is 
most flattering. We have a large dairy 
interest in this county which also con- 
tributes largely to our product. The 
butter product for the year is about 420,- 
000 pounds ; and our cheese product is 
about 30,000 pounds. 

THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 

offered here are excellent, and deserve 
more than a mere passing notice, which 
is aU we are able to bestow. There are 
now upwards of 100 school houses in 
county and they have a seating capacity 
of fully 6,000. Upwards of 160 teach- 
ers are employed in the educational 
work. 

FINANCIAL STATUS. 

This is always an important subject 
for consideration and it is with particular 
gratification that we introduce it here, 
as we believe there is no other county 
in the state, the condition of whose fi- 
nances can compare with that of little 
Outagamie. The credit of our excellent 
financial condition, soon to appear, is of 
course entirely due to the wise manage- 
ment of our Board of Supervisors — the 
local law making and governing power. 
Although politically they are for the 
most part of one mind —and that, we re- 



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gret to add, Democratic — yet, it is with 
pleasure that we add, that politics enter 
not into their deliberations. They have 
no pets to reward or enemies to punish, 
at the pubhc expense, but conduct aU 
their proceedings upon a purely business 
basis. The result is that it is one of the 
best governed counties in the state. As 
a matter bearing with great weight upon 
this statement, it is with pride that we 
point to the fact that we not only have 

NO PUBLIC DEBT. 

but always have a handsome cash sur- 
plus on hand to meet current demands 
Our orders are, of coitrse, at par, and 
the credit of the county stands urivaU- 
ed in all respects. To show our actual 
condition, we reproduce, from the pro- 
ceedings of the last meeting, the state- 
ment of W. H. Lanphear, Clerk, of our 
assets and liabihties. for consideration 
here : 

LIABILITIES. 

Amount due city of Appleton, $1,094.93 
" town of Bovina, 289.18 
Cicer-^. 1,198.66 
Deer Creek 520.00 
Liberty, 38.82 
outstanding court cert., 168.66 
County orders, 1,911.65 
" . accounts audited and un- 
paid, 3,280.39 
accounts unreported in 

hands of committee, 644.36 



Total 




9,136.65 




EESOUECES. 




Am't due from town of Bl'k Creek. $ 328.55 


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Buchanan, 


2,85 


" " 




Center, 


50.78 


" " 




Dale, 


25.63 


" 




Freedom, 


117.91 






Ellington, 


61.09 


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Greenville 


4.07 


" 




Grand Chute 


61.05 


" " 




Kaukauna, 


135.42 


" 




Maple Creek, 


49.62 


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, Maine, 


122.60 


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0,sborn 


78 


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Seymour, 


33.82 


" 


Shawano Co, Court 






expenses, 


1.401.67 


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Marathon, Co. Court 






expenses. 


411.95 


" " 


Green Lake Co. " 






expenses. 


209.00 


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Waupaca, " 






expenses. 


97.00 




Fond du Lao " 






expenses. 


178,00 


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"Winnebago " 






expenses, 


219.00 


" due cash 


on hand as per Treas 




Eeport, 




12,332.76 



$15,844.45 
Balance to credit of County, $6,707.70 

We conclude this portion of our 
remarks by giving a list of the names of 
our County officers and Supervisors : 

Supervisors — C. E. Mcintosh, Chn., 
E. E. Batemen, A. H. Conkey, Jas. 
Campion, E. C. Dunn, J. T. Dreisien, C. 
A. Holtz, L. Huettner, Saml. Knox, 



Wm. Lamure, G. W. Law, H. McDon- 
ough, F. W. Miller, P. Mulroy, P. New- 
comb, J. Nolan, F. Ott, A. H. Pape, F. 
Petersen, J. L. Pingel, E. Pushor, W. 
Souders, 8. H. Swift and W. Young, 

COUNTY OFFICEES. 

The County officers on and after the 
first Monday in January will be as fol- 
lows : 

Probate Judge — J. E. Harriman, 

District Attorney — Wm. Kennedy. 

Clerk— B. C. Wolter. 

Treasurer — Matthias Werner. 

Register of Deeds — J. A. Bertschy. 

Clerk of Court — G. T. Moeskes. 

She7-iff—John Brill. 

Supt. of Schools — P. Flannagan, 

Surveyor — E. Spencer. 

MEMBEKS OF THE LEGISLATURE. 

22nd Senatorial District — G. N. 
Eichmond. 

1st Assembly Dist — John Petersen. 

2nd Assembly Dist. — Francis Steffen. 
THE COUNTY CONTINUED. 

We had colle3ted copious data from 
the various thriving villages throughout 
Outagamie County, for the purpose of 
showing, in detail, the amount of busi- 
ness and manufacturing performed in 
the several localities ; and, of course, we 
had expected to utilize the same in this 
issue, but the work has grown to such 
an extent upon our hands that we are 
obliged to abbreviate this department 
more than was our original intention. 
We must, therefore, content ourselves 
with presenting the more important facts 
rather than submitting the details. 

SEYMOUR. 

The notes before us show that there 
has been an unusual amount of building 
done this year, including churches, 
school hooses, "stores and numerous 
tasteful and comfortable residences. In- 
deed, if the prosperity of Seymour is 
judged by what has been accompHshed 
in this respect, it must rank among the 
most active towns in Northern Wiscon- 
sin, as it really is. 

There is a very large amount of man- 
ufacturing done at the village of Sey- 
mour — the business in this line amount- 
ing to an extensive aggregate. Among 
the leading firms are Hammel & Park- 
hurst who manufacture flour barrel 
stock ; Hammel & Co., hubs and spokes ; 
J. P. Laird & Co., furniture; John 
Brinkman & Co., hubs and spokes; 
Stewart Bro's. proprietors of grist mill. 

Merchandizing in .Seymour has also 



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maintained to a good deal of importance 
and several of the establishments do a 
large business. The dealers are: D 
Hammel & Co., merchandise; Mitch el & 
Anderson, general stock, L. A. LeMieux, 
drugs; Michelstetter & Feurig, hard- 
ware, J. Dean & Sons, hardware ; Philip. 
• Muehl, furniture ; J. Brinkman & Co., 
merchandise; Fred Rex, groceries and 
fruit. 

The hotels in Seymour are conducted 
by Mr Griffith and Otto Brehmer. 

In addition to the above, there are of 
coui'se numerous other enterprises com- 
mon to every thriving village, including 
boot and shoe shops, wagon making and 
blacksmithing, meat markets, harness 
making, photogi-aphing, millinery, res- 
tuarants, etc., etc. 

Drs. Strong and Kerwin are the res- 
ident physicians. 

From the figures before us we find 
that the total business, transacted in 
Seymour during the year of 1878, foots 
up to $385,000. 

BLACK CEEEK. 

This is a prosperous town, in the 
northern part of the county, situated on 
the G. B. & M. R. R. There has been 
considerable building done'and improve- 
ments made during the year, but we 
omit the details. 

Manufacturing in Black Creek is a 
leading business and there are several 
first-class firms thus engaged. We par- 
ticularize to some extent, as follows : 
Letter & Appleton manufactue lumber 
and conduct a grist mill ; Randall John- 
son manufactures lumber. 

Theodore Colbum manufacturers lum- 
ber of all kinds, shingles, heading, etc., 
also a new stump puller of which he is 
the inventor ; Weinburg & LeClair man- 
ufacture tight barrel staves, and F. W. 
Eairfield makes broom handles. 

The commercial enterprises in Black 
Creek are quite important. The leading 
dealers are as follows : H. Peters, gener- 
al merchandise; Geo. Loop, groceries; 
H. Homrig, general stock ; G. H. James, 
drugs, notions, etc.; Mr. Naeglestock, 
general merchandise. 

There are also numerous persons oth- 
erwise engaged, as wagon makers, black- 
flmiths, harness makers, shoe makers, 
furniture dealers and proprietors of ho- 
tels, restaurants, etc. 

The receipts of business of a'l kinds, 
in the town of Black Creek, for the year 
amount to $92,000. 



Miller & Delana have lately erected 
a saw mill in the town of Cicero, adjoin- 
ing, of extensive capacity. 

SHIOCTON 

This village is situated in the town of 
Bovina, on the G. B. & M. R. R. The 
hard times of the past few years have 
eff'ected it somewhat, but still it may be 
said that it is holding its own, and when 
there is a change, it will doubtless Igi'ow 
quite rapidly. Shiocton is in the center 
of a finely lumbered country and consid- 
erable of it is utilized every year by the 
manufacturers in that locality. The 
firms thus engaged are : Willy, Greene 
& Bertschy, all kinds of lumber ; Wol- 
cott & Balliet, lumber; Fred Spcehr, 
proprietor of flouring mill. 

The other busidess enterprises at 
Shoicton are : L. Fisher, general mer- 
chandise; A. Irwin, general stock; G. P. 
Dickinson, drugs; W. W. Noyes & Co., 
groceries ; J. F. Franklin, groceries ; also 
blacksmith and wagon shops, liveries 
hotels, etc., etc., 

W. D. Jordan does an extensive busi- 
ness in the real estate line ; and Parks & 
Hunter and a member of the firm of W. 
W. Noyes & Co., have a large number of 
men and teams employed in filling lum- 
ber contracts. 

The total amount of business transact- 
ed in Shiocton for the year reaches 
$85,000 which is something of a falling 
off as compared to that of the previous 
year. 

Our reporter accompanies his notes 
with the following comments. 

"Business during the past summer 
has been unusually light, but for some 
weeks past has been reviving. The 
town now presents quite a lively appear- 
ance, and it is believed our darkest days 
are over." 

HORTONVILLE. 

This is one of the oldest, as it has al- 
ways been one of the most thriving vil- 
lages in the county. It contains some 
staunch and energetic firms, both in the 
line of manufacturing and merchandis- 
ing. After thoroughly looking over the 
ground, in the labor of collecting ma- 
terials for our Annual Review, our re- 
porter submits the following truthful ob- 
servations : 

"During the past year our village and 
town have been making a steady march 
in the line of improvement. Industry 
and economy have been our guiding 
principle. The success that has attend- 
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73 



all that we could anticipate, with exist- 
ing depression in all branches in busi- 
ness the world over. Oar business firms 
have wisely kept aloof from vague and 
uncertain speculative schemes and as a 
result have made a healthful growth and 
stand, to-day, on a firmer basis than one 
year ago." 

Foremost among these are: H. T, 
Buck & Bro., dealers in dry goods, gro- 
ceries, ready-made clothing, etc.; A. 
Graef , proprietor of grist mill and dealer 
in dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes ; 
W. K. Rideout, one of the best business 
men in the county, manufacturer of sash, 
doors and bUnds ; J. Neusbaum, dealer 
in groceries, hardware, and drugs ; C. A. 
Nye, manufacturer of pumps; Emil 
Schwebs and John Klein, wagon and car- 
riage makers and blacksmiths; John 
Masenberg, wheat buyer. But the list 
is not complete until we include hotels, 
boot and shoe shops, tin shops, furni- 
ture stores, millinery shops, harness 
shops, etc., etc. 

The business in Hortonville for the 
year amounts to $125,000. 

We should say, in conclusian, that 
there has been an unusual amount of 
building done in Hortonville during the 
past year. The new buildings include 
numerous fine residences, barns, etc. 
Prominent among the other improve- 
ments is the building of two bridges and 
the reconstruction of the dam, at that 
place. Altogether we think that the • 
people of Hortonville have every reason 
to be satisfied with the year's progress. 

STEPHENSVrLI.E. 

Our reports from this village of the 
business transacted during the past year 
show a considerable increase over the 
total receipts of the previous year. The 
list of firms, engaged in merchandising 
and manufacturing, is as follows : E. M. 
Go well, general stock; J. S. Wunder- 
lich, manufacturer of lumber, spokes, 
seeder and cultivator stock ; John Regal, 
boots and shoes ; "Wm. Voss, grocery and 
saloon ; Geo. Wunderlich, brewer ; Lemp- 
kee & Wunderlich, manufacturers of 
brick; Henry Leveson, wagon maker 
and blacksmith; Wm. G. Steele, black- 
smith; Star & O'Brien, blacksmiths and 
wagon makers ; N. MoUet, wagon maker ; 
Mr. Hofiman, furniture ; W. J. Wunder- 
lich, undertaker and dealer in furniture ; 
M. MoUet, tailor; Wm. McGee, hotel; 
E. N. Pellet contemplates establishing a 
cheese factory= 



Total business of the town for the 
year, |35,000. 

DALE. 

Some of the best and most enterpris- 
ing men of the county are engaged in this 
town. We enumerate as follows: W. 
H. H. Wroe, general merchandise; Y. 
C. Leppla, w'agon maker and blacksmith ; 
Wm. Weekel, proprietor of saw aiid 
grist mill ; J. Klein, proprietor of tan- 
nery ; A. Alton, harness maker and man- 
ufacturer of gloves, mittens, etc.; Jae. 
K. Smolk, plain and fancy painter; A. 
& E. Rhoades, proprietor of hotel; W. 
H, Spengler, general merchandise; 
Heuttl Bros., wagon makers and black- 
smiths; P. Halpin, wagon maker and 
blacksmith; P. Toby, farm machinery 
and repairing; W. A. Balliet, maniifac- 
turet of lumbet; P. Hurth, hotel and 
saloon. 

Messrs. Young & Worden are the pro- 
prietors of the Dale fisheries. They 
have and are now doing a large amount 
of woik in the hne of raising speckled 
trout. Their enterprise is of so much 
importance that it is deserving of more 
space than we can deyote to it here. 
We shall make it the subject of a spec- 
ial article, ere long. 

There has been considerable building 
done and improvements made in the 
town of Dale during the past year and 
the people generally are happy and pros- 
perous. 

The total business of the town for the 
year foots up to, $77,900. 

KAUKAUNA. 

This is not only one of the most high- 
ly favored points in the county, but 
there arefew, if any, in the whole coun- 
try which surpasses it, having, as stated 
elsewhere, one of the best and largest wa- 
ter powers in the world. It has, as yet, 
been utilized only to a limited extent 
but its rapid development will doubtless 
be one of the results of the near future. 

Mr. John Stoveken, located there, is 
one of the most extensive manufactur- 
ers in the Fox River Valley. Be mtou- 
factures paper on a large scale and dur- 
ing the past year he erected a first-class 
flouring mill which has lately been placed 
in operation. 

The firm of Reuter Bros, manufacture 
hubs and spokes on a large scale ^nd are 
doing a prosperous business. 

G. W. Spaulding & Co. of this city 
operate a branch stave factory at Kau- 
kauna and do a large business. 



74 OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. 



There are numerous other thriving 
business firms at Kaukauna which we 
have not time to mention separately. 

Total business of the town for the 
year, $285,000, 

RECAPITULATION, 

The following statement shows, by 
towns, the extent of business and manu- 
facturing clone in Outagamie County, 



outside of the city of Appleton, for the 
year 1878 : 

Seymour $ 385,000 

Black Creek 92,000 

Shioeton 85,000 

Hortonville 125,000 

Stephensville 35,000 

Dale ;..... 77,900 

Kaukauna 285,000 



Total $1,084,900 



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